The meeting, held here at the Prime Minister Secretariat, was informed that 72 decisions were taken by the Cabinet during its 56 meetings held from March 25, 2008 to April 21, 2010.
As many as 62 decisions have been implemented while implementation on 10 decisions is under process due to consultation on some issues related to legislation concerning finance and the provincial governments.
The Cabinet also approved decisions of the Economic Coordination Council (ECC) taken on May 3, 2010.
The Cabinet considered draft for "Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity Power (Amendment) Bill, 2010". It was observed that unnecessary delays in processing and finalization of matters should be avoided as far as possible.
A committee was constituted headed by law minister to finalize the matters related to NEPRA.
The Cabinet constituted a Committee comprising the Minster for privatization, the adviser on finance and Senator Raza Rabbani to evaluate: The State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Bill, 2010 and the SBP Banking Services Corporation Ordinance (Repeal) Bill, 2010.
It approved the signing of an agreement between the Government of Tajikistan and the Government of Pakistan in the field of health; Ratification of Re-admission agreement between Pakistan and European Union and gave consent in principle to initiate Special Economic Zones Act, 2010.
The Cabinet approved to initiate negotiations on agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investment with ECO Member States; Negotiations on Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investment with Mongolia.
It also discussed amendment in the Provincial Employees' Social Security Ordinance, 1965, which will be referred to the Implementation Commission on 18th Amendment.
A detailed presentation was made to the Cabinet on the contours of the proposed Hajj Policy. The Cabinet was informed that the new policy will be based on the principle of transparency and maximum facilitation to the pilgrims as enunciated by the prime minister.
After an extensive discussion which also focused on the desirability of providing economical and decent accommodation to the pilgrims through a transparent renting mechanism, the Cabinet decided to evaluate its legal implications.
In that context, it constituted a Committee headed by the minister for law and justice to make recommendations regarding the desirability of legislating a Bill on the subject.
Earlier, the Cabinet offered 'fateha' on the passing away of the mother-in-law of Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
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