PM Imran Khan presides over federal cabinet meeting on IoK, economy and LoC violations

ISLAMABAD: The meeting of Federal cabinet is underway in Islamabad with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

It will discuss the overall political and economic situation of the country as well as the situation in occupied Kashmir and the line of control (LOC).

As per details, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will brief the cabinet members about so far progress made on the Kashmir issue and situation after the UNSC session will also come under discussion.

The cabinet will also review the situation along the Line of Control (LoC) and recommendations of the Special Committee on Kashmir will also be presented in the meeting.

The meeting will also get a briefing from the ministry of communications to review its one-year performance.

Approval of Rs.5billion loan for the low costing houses and Pak-Turk Strategic Economic Framework will also be green signaled.

The two bills related to domestic violence and Christian Marriage-Divorce’s approval is also on the agenda of the meeting.

On August 5, the Indian government had announced the scrapping of the special status of occupied Kashmir by revoking Article 370 of the Indian constitution.

Earlier, the UNSC met behind the closed doors in over five decades to discuss the Kashmir issue upon the request of Pakistan and China.

The meeting was convened following the Indian government’s recent decision to revoke the special status of occupied Kashmir.