Planning, power ministers in reconstituted CCI.

ISLAMABAD -- Days before its belated meeting, the president has reconstituted the Council of Common Interests (CCI) by inducting Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar and Power Minister Omar Ayub as its members.

As such, the ministers for finance, revenue and economic affairs and industries and production have been replaced by the planning and power ministers.

The prime minister has convened a meeting of the CCI on Dec 23 after a gap of more than 13 months, a major constitutional slippage.

In terms of Article 154 (3) of the Constitution, it is mandatory for the council to meet at least once in 90 days. The council's last meeting was held on Nov 19, 2018.

With the reconstitution of the council on the advice of the prime minister, Sindh now has three members on the eight-member forum which has two members each from Punjab (including the prime minister) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Balochistan chief minister is the only member in the CCI from that province.

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The CCI, headed by the prime minister, also comprises the four chief ministers as required under the ConsAtitution and three federal ministers.

Besides the chief minister, two other members from Sindh are Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination FehmiAAda Mirza and Asad Umar. Although Asad Umer had become MNA from Islamabad for a second consecutive time, he had spent much of his lifetime in Karachi.

KP's two members are the chief minister and Omar Ayub Khan.

The CCI was previously reconstituted on Aug 31 last year and comprised the prime minister, four chief ministers and federal ministers for inter-provincial coordination, industries and production and finance. It had four members with Sindh origin. It had held only two meetings in quick succession - on Sept 24 and Nov 19, 2018.

The inter-provincial coordination (IPC) ministry had early this month called a meeting of the CCI on Dec 11. However, it was rescheduled for Dec 23.

A fresh notification issued on Dec 18 said President Arif Alvi had reconstituted the CCI on the advice of the prime minister while exercising his powers under Article 153 of the Constitution.

The CCI under former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had four members from Punjab, whereas his predecessor Nawaz Sharif had two members each from the four provinces in the council.

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