Provinces still lack consensus over CCI meeting agenda.

ISLAMABAD -- The provinces have been unable to evolve consensus on unanimous agenda points so as to resolve inter-linked issues including water and gas distribution, for the upcoming Council of Common Interests (CCI) meeting.

A tentative list of agenda was forwarded to all the provinces around a month before to evolve consensus on unanimous agenda but so far provinces have not reached any consensus, sources in the Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) ministry confided.

PTI's government, after coming into power, regularly held meetings of CCI to resolve important inter-linked matters of the provinces but now for last four months meeting was not summoned. The CCI, according to the constitution (Article-154/3), must meet at least once every 90 days.

When contacted, Minister IPC Dr. Fehmida Mirza said they were waiting for the unanimous agenda from provinces. The final agenda will be sent to Prime Minister Secretariat for final approval to summon the CCI meeting. 'Unlike previous governments, PTI government after coming into power has resolved issues among provinces in CCI meetings,' she claimed.

Sources said the upcoming meeting with other important agenda will discuss...