Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today chaired meeting of Economic
Coordination Committee.
The ECC approved a proposal to increase the commercial borrowing
guarantee limit of PIACL by Rs. 13.585 billion.
In order to provide relief to the families of Shuhuda, the ECC approved
a proposal to include words “and Shuhuda Family Welfare Account” in clause (6)
Part III and clause (36 A), Part IV of the Second Schedule to the Income Tax
Ordinance 2001.
The ECC approved a proposal that Minimum Guaranteed Price for the wheat
crop 2017-18 may be maintained at the previous year’s level i.e Rs. 1300/- per40Kg.Supply
of 20,000 Metric tons of wheat from PASSCO to United Nations World Food Program
for temporary dislocated persons of FATA was also approved.
Proposal to allocate 14.8 MMscfd gas (upto 8.0 MMscfd gas from Aminah
gas field and upto 6.8 MMscfd gas from Ayesha North field) to M/s SSGC was approved.
The ECC also granted exemption from rule 43 of 1986 rules for
development and production leases over Sara and Suri fields.
Approval of field development plan and grant of development and
production lease for Mubarak block No. 2769-4 and Gambat block No. 2668-4 was
also accorded by the ECC.
ECC approved a proposal of the Petroleum division that 83.2 MMscfd (i.e
upto 74 MMscfd gas from Shahdadpur, up-to 2.2 MMscfd gas from Shahdadpur East
and up-to 7 MMscfd gas from Shadadpur West D&PL) be allocated/regularized
to SSGCL as SSGC’s network already exists in the area and that gas from same
block is already being supplied to the company.
The ECC also approved a proposal for construction of Machike-Tarujabba
Oil Pipeline Project on BOT basis for the transportation of oil from Lahore to
Peshawar. The construction of this pipeline would facilitate easy and
inexpensive transportation of oil.
The ECC also granted exemption from the provisions of Section 7B of the
Income Tax Ordinance 2001 for recipients of profit on debt from Behbood Saving
Certificates and Pensioners Benefit Accounts.
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