ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCoP) was held under the chairmanship of Senator Ishaq Dar, Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation at the Finance Minister’s office wherein the Privatisation Programme was discussed in detail.
The Privatisation Commission furnished a list of entities for consideration of the CCoP. After thorough deliberations the Committee agreed to initiate process of privatisation. It also directed the Privatisation Commission to ensure that the interests of employees were to be protected at all cost.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Water and Power Khawja Mohammad Asif, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqaan Abbasi, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of State for Privatisation Khurram Dastagir, Federal Secretaries for Water and Power, Petroleum and Natural Resources, Finance, Planning and Development ,Commerce, Law Justice and Human Rights, Board of Investment, Privatisation Commission, Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Chairman Securities & Exchange Commission and senior officials of Ports and Shipping Division, Textile Industry Division.