ISLAMABAD: Federal cabinet has approved the appointment of Arshad Hussain Bhutta as judge Special Court (Customs, Taxation and Anti-Smuggling) Rawalpindi.
Federal cabinet also approved the appointment of Judicial Member (BS-21) Customs Appellate Tribunal, Bench-II and Bench-III, Karachi.
The cabinet also approved memorandum of agreement between the Ministry of Commerce, Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Department of Trade and Industry Government of the Republic of Philippines on rice trade.
The meeting approved the name of Mujeeb Ahmed Khan for appointment as the chairman, Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan. The federal cabinet also approved appointment of Raja Qamar-uz-Zaman, D&SJ, as Judge, Banking Court-II Multan, appointment of. Muhammad Tanveer Akbar, D&SJ, as judge, Banking Court-I Lahore, appointment of Muzzamil Shah Khattak, D&SJ, as judge, Banking Court-II, Peshawar and appointment of Aamer Nazir Bhatti, D&SJ, as judge, Banking Court, Abbottabad.
The cabinet approved reconstitution of the 8th Wage Board for Newspapers Employees by appointing two additional members on the board. A proposal for reconstitution of the board for Board of Investment was also approved.
The federal cabinet approved issuance of charter license, class-II (domestic) to K-2 Airways (Pvt) Ltd. Discussing the issue of Cane Purchase Receipt (CPR), the meeting emphasized the need for streamlining the payment mechanism to the farmers and suggested that the provincial governments may ensure that instead of being issued CPRs or blank paper receipts, bank cheques should be issued to the farmers by the sugar mills.
