President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday approved the reconstitution of the Council of Common Interests, which will be headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
A statement issued by the President House stated that Dr Alvi had reconstituted the council on the advice of the premier under Article 153 of the Constitution.
The law states that four chief ministers and an equal number of members from the federal government to be nominated by the prime minister from time to time will be members of the body. Besides the prime minister as its chairman, other members of the council include chief ministers of four provinces and three nominees of the federal government — Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Commerce Minister Naveed Qamar and Aviation and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, the statement added.
