ISLAMABAD- Federal Cabinet has given approval to a special CPEC Businessvisa to facilitate the Chinese investment in the country.

Briefing media persons about the decisions taken in the cabinet meetingheld in Islamabad today with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair,Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said thiswill enable the Chinese investors to get their visas within 48 hours andget the security clearance in 30 day.

Minister for Planning Asad Umar also joined the Information Minister duringbriefing.

The Cabinet appreciated the economic team for steering the country towardsstability despite the challenge posed by Covid-19 and flawed policies ofprevious regimes.

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said overseas voters are important agenda of ourelectoral reforms. He said the Election Commission should take immediatesteps to bring them into our electoral process.

He said Electronic Voting Machine is being appreciated by differentsegments of the society, including bar associations. He said Rawalpindi BarCouncil has demanded EVM for their upcoming elections.

The Cabinet appreciated improvement in the relations between Turkey andSaudi Arabia as it will be beneficial for Muslim Ummah.

The Prime Minister appreciated Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi forsuccessfully raising the Palestine issue at international forums.

The Minister said Cabinet accorded approval to Cantonment Board Electionsand directed Ministry of Defence to make all arrangements in this regard.

He said the forum approved the formation of a committee to review theTehrik e Labbaik Pakistan’s application for lifting of ban on it. Afterreviewing the application, the committee will present its recommendationsto the Cabinet.

The Cabinet also gave approval to a new Board of Directors of PTV. TheSecretary Information will be the Chairperson of PTV’s new board whileDirector General Radio Pakistan has also been included in its members.