ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has declared that the PML-N government is striving hard to resolve all issues with the federating units in a spirit of understanding and consensus to promote national cohesion.
He was presiding over a meeting of a committee constituted by the Council of Common Interests to rename the Ministry of Education, Training and Standards in Higher Education here at the Finance Ministry.
The meeting was held in the backdrop of an objection raised by the Sindh government over renaming of the Ministry as the subject of education had now devolved to the provinces after the passage of 18th Amendment. During the representatives of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assured the participants that they had no objection on the present name and were also ready to accept a change in its name.
The Federal Minister for Finance also sought proposals from the provinces to resolve the issue so that a consensus can be developed prior to the next meeting of the Council of Common Interests. On the occasion, the Sindh Chief Secretary said that his government welcomed the gesture and magnanimity of the Federal government in the matter and would come up with proposals by the next week.
While Balochistan representative Muhammad Ali Kakar, however, requested that they would be looking for proposals emanating from the Federal Government and would make a choice from it. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar concluded the meeting by seeking proposals from the province within eight days for change in nomenclature of the Ministry so that the issue could be resolved. Minister of State for Education Balighur Rehman and representatives of all the four provinces and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, Cabinet and Inter provincial Co-ordination attended the meeting.
