ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan reconstituted the EconomicCoordination Committee (ECC) and appointed Finance Minister Asad Umar asits chairman.
According to the notification issued by cabinet division, ECC will becomprised of 12 members.
Ministers for law and justice Farogh Naseem, petroleum Ghulam Abbasi,planning & development Khusro Bakhtiar and railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed,prime minister’s advisers on commerce and textiles Razak Dawood andinstitutional reforms and austerity Dr Ishrat Husain have been appointedmembers of committee.
In addition, six more ministers — communications, national food security,power, privatisation, statistics and water resources — will also beappointed members of the ECC after their appointment.
PM Khan has declined to lead the ECC while entrusting Umar to run theaffairs of the economic decision-making body.
Previously, the ECC was being run by former prime minister Shahid KhaqanAbbasi after replacing the finance minister at the time, Ishaq Dar. Thefirst meeting of the ECC is scheduled to be held on Wednesday.