ISLAMABAD – Dr Suleman Khan who is working as the NACTA coordinator, is tobe appointed the new Director General of IB, the federal cabinet hasdecided.

The Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the NAB would also bereformed to make it more effective.

“FATA merger was part of our 100-day program and the prime minister hasissued instructions to speed up the merger,” Chaudhry said.

A committee comprising Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Khushro Bakhtiar has beenconstituted to look after the matters relating to the formation of SouthPunjab province.

In an attempt to create more jobs, the government has formed a task forceto build 5 million new houses, Chaudhry added.

Malik Amin Aslam, the advisor to the prime minister on environment affairs,said that the government will plant 10 billion trees to tackle the effectsof climate change.