KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened a meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) on Monday (today) on the request of the Sindh Government, said the Provincial Minister of Information, Sindh, Sharjeel Memon.
The CCI meeting was set to scheduled for 2 May 2025, following the meeting between the Prime Minister and Chairman Pakistan People Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the previous week. However, the meeting will take place in Islamabad today.
The agenda for the session is the controversial canal projects, and a decision is likely to be made in the meeting, said the minister.
Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah will put up the case of the people of Sindh regarding the canal projects in view of the meeting between Prime Minister Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sharjeel added.
Meanwhile, The Protest led by the lawyers’ leaders has refused to call off, and the protest continued in different parts of the province of Sindh despite the announcement by the federal Government that work on the canals project has been stopped.
Moreover, the federal Government has decided not to build controversial canal projects until a consensus is made by all provinces, said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while talking to the media on Thursday.
The controversial canal projects will be put on the table for consideration before the Council of Common Interests (CCI), with a meeting scheduled for May 2, which has now been rescheduled for Today.
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