ANNEXURE 31: RECONSTITUTION OF ECNEC

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 TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN EXTRA
ORDINARY

GOVERNMENT OF
PAKISTAN CABINET
SECRETARIAT
(CABINET
DIVISION)

***

Islamabad, the 15th May, 2019

NOTIFICATION

No. F.5/1/2018-Com.- In supersession of Cabinet Division’s

Notification No. F.5/1/2018-Com, dated 4th October, 2018 and in exercise of
the powers conferred upon him under Article 156 of the Constitution, the
President is pleased to re-constitute the National Economic Council (NEC)
as under:

The Prime Minister

Chairman

Members, nominated by the Prime Minister

(i) Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Advisor to the Prime Member

Minister on Finance,
Revenue & Economic Affairs

(ii) Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtiar, Minister for

Member
Planning, Development & Reform

(iii) Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, Advisor to the Prime Member

Minister on Commerce,
Textile, Industry & Production, and Investment

(iv) Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on

Member
Institutional Reforms and Austerity

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 Province of Punjab

(v) Chief Minister Member

(vi) Makhdum Hashim Jawan Bakht, Minister for Finance Member

Province of Sindh

(vii) Chief Minister Member

(viii) Mr. Nisar Ahmed Khuhro Member

Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(ix) Chief Minister Member

(x) Mr. Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra, Minister for Finance Member

Province of Balochistan

(xi) Chief Minister Member

(xii) Mr. Jan Muhammad Jamali, MPA Member

By Special Invitation for all items on the Agenda

(i) Governor, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(ii) Prime Minister, Azad Jammu
& Kashmir (iii Chief Minister,
Gilgit Baltistan
(iv) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
(v) Secretary, Finance Division
(vi) Secretary, Economic Affairs Division
(vii) Secretary, Planning, Development & Reform Division

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2. Other Federal Secretaries, including Chief Secretaries of the
Provinces, Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan will attend the meetings
of the National Economic Council, by special invitation, on need basis.

3. The meetings of the National Economic Council shall be

convened in accordance with Article 156 of the Constitution read with rule
22 of the Rule of Business 1973.

(GHULAM MUHAMMAD)

Joint
Secretary
(Cabinet
Committees)
(Ph #
9203014

The Manager,

Printing Corporation of Pakistan

Press, Islamabad

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Extracts from the Constitution of Pakistan – Article 156
156. National Economic Council: (1) The President shall constitute a
National Economic Council which shall consist of:

a) the Prime Minister, who shall be the Chairman of the Council,

b) the Chief Ministers and one member from each Province to be
nominated by the Chief Minister, and,
c) four other members as the Prime Minister may nominate from
time to time.

(2) The National Economic Council shall review the overall economic
condition of the country and shall, for advising the Federal Government and
the Provincial Governments, formulate plans in respect of financial,
commercial, social, and economic policies; and in formulating such plans it
shall, amongst other factors, ensure balanced development and regional
equity and shall also be guided by the Principles of Policy set out in Chapter
2 of Part-II.

(3) The meetings of the Council shall be summoned by the Chairman or on a

requisition made by one-half of the members of the Council.

(4) The Council shall meet a least twice in a year and the quorum for a
meeting of the Council shall be one-half of its total membership.

(5) The Council shall be responsible to the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)

and shall submit an Annual Report to each House of Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament).

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 GOVERNMENT OF
PAKISTAN CABINET
SECRETARIAT (CABINET
DIVISION)

***

Islamabad, the 19th August, 2019

NOTIFICATION

No. F.5/2/2018-Com.- In continuation of Cabinet Division’s Notification

No. F.5/2/2018-Com, dated 22nd May, 2019 the Prime Minister has been pleased
to appoint Minister for Economic Affairs as “Member” of the Executive Committee
of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The composition of the ECNEC shall now
be as under:

(i) Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Advisor to the Prime Minister Chairman
on Finance, Revenue

& Economic Affairs

(ii) Makhdoom Khusro Bukhtiar, Minister for Planning, Member

Development & Reform

(iii) Mr. Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Minister for Member

Economic Affairs

(iv) Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, Advisor to the Prime Member

Minister on Commerce,

Textile, Industry & Production, and Investment

(v) Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Member

Institutional Reforms

and Austerity

(vi) Makhdum Hashim Jawan Bakht, Minister for Member

Finance, Punjab

(vii) Mr. Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Sindh Member

(viii) Mr. Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra, Minister for Finance, Member
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

(ix) Nawabzada Tariq Khan Magsi, Minister for Member

Communication and Works

Department, Balochistan

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 BY SPECIAL INVITATION FOR ALL ITEMS:

(i) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

(ii) Secretary, Economic Affairs Division

(iii) Secretary, Finance Division

(iv) Secretary, Planning, Development & Reform Division

(v) Chairman, Planning & Development Board, Punjab

(vi) Chairman, Planning & Development Board, Sindh

(vii) ACS, Planning & Development Department, Khyber

Pakhtunkhwa

(viii) ACS, Planning & Development Department, Balochistan

2. Other officers of the Federal and Provincial Governments as well as of

the Government of AJ&K, Gilgit Baltistan & FATA shall be invited to the meetings
of ECNEC on need basis.
-sd-

(GHULAM MUHAMMAD)

Joint Secretary
(Cabinet
Committees) (Ph #
9203014

The Manager,

Printing Corporation of Pakistan Press,

Islamabad

Copy forwarded for information to:

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 1. All Members and Special Invitees of Executive Committee of the National
Economic Council
2. Secretary to the President
3. Secretary to the Prime Minister
4. All Secretaries / Additional Secretaries-in-Charge of Ministries /
Divisions
5. Chief Secretaries of the Provinces, AJ&K and Gilgit Baltistan
6. Principal Information Officer, Press Information Department,
Islamabad

(GHULAM MUHAMMAD)

Joint Secretary
(Cabinet
Committees)

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