ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet, which met here Tuesday with Prime MinisterImran Khan in chair agreed to constitute a commission under the Commissionof Inquiry Act 2017, instead of a committee, to investigate the matter ofBroadsheet, UK asset recovery firm.

The meeting was briefed in detail regarding the Constitutional Amendmentfor open balloting in Senate elections.

Advisor on Institutional Reforms and Austerity gave a detailed briefing tothe cabinet regarding the institutional reforms, as proposed by the TaskForce on Austerity and Restructuring of the Government, including theabolition of 70,000 vacant posts in the federal minist-ries and divisionsand redu-cing the number of federal government institutions from 441 to 324.

The cabinet also reiterated its resolve to observe the Kashmir SolidarityDay on February 5.