Musharraf decrees formation of CCI; Summons NSC Meeting
Pakistan Times Wire Service

ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf has decreed reformation of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) Thursday under article 153 of the constitution. Prime minister will be the chairman of the council.

A cabinet division notification says that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will chair the council and chief ministers of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and NWFP, Inter-provincial Co-ordination Minister Salim Saifullah, Federal Ministers for Narcotics Control Ghous Bux Mahar and Federal Minister for States & Frontier Affairs Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind will be other members of the council.

The CCI takes all decisions unanimously however in case of disagreement by federal or a provincial government over a decision the matter would be discussed in a joint session of the parliament.

The parliament’s decision on the matter will be final and unchallengeable.

Summons NSC Meeting

Meanwhile, another report says that the President has summoned National Security Council (NSC) meeting on July 15 to review current law and order situation in tribal areas.

The Prime Minister, the Chief Ministers of all the four provinces, speaker National assembly, Chairman Senate, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, heads of three armed forces and Vice Chief of Army Staff would attend the meeting.

The NSC members have been formally asked to attend the meeting to debate on prevailing situation in the tribal areas.●