ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (APP):The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved grant of60 days extension in the Proof of Registration (POR) Cards for the AfghanRefugees.
Meeting of the federal cabinet was held here at the PM Office under thechair of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
The cabinet also approved extension of Prime Minister’s Fee ReimbursementScheme for less developed areas. Chairman HEC informed the cabinet that thescheme would be extended to 114 districts in various parts of the countryincluding Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Paktunkhwa, South Punjab, FATA, GilgitBaltistan and AJK.
Following agenda items were approved by the cabinet;MoU between Chinese Academy of Sciences and Pakistan MeteorologicalDepartment to Promote Science Technology & Innovation Cooperation.
MoU between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and Republic of SaoTome and Principe on Bilateral Consultation.
Approval for signing of Executive Programme of Cultural Agreement betweenthe Government of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People’s Republic ofChina for the year 2018-2022.
Ratification of the decisions taken by the Cabinet Committee on Energy(CCE) in its meeting held on 12-12-2017.
Ratification of the decisions taken by the Economic Coordination Committee(CCE) of the cabinet in its meeting held on 29-12-2017.
Ratification of the decision taken by the ECC of the Cabinet in its meetingheld on 05-01-2018.Appointment of Protector of Emigrants, Rawalpindi and Peshawar was alsoapproved by the cabinet.