First cabinet meeting briefed about economic, law and order situation of country
Last updated on: 20 April,2022 12:40 pm
The meeting was briefed about economic condition of the country.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The first cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair was held in Islamabad.
The meeting was briefed about economic condition, energy and law and order situation in the country.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Wednesday said that the federal cabinet was briefed on the economic disaster, unprecedented criminally irresponsible fiscal acts during past 4 years by Imran Khan.
In a tweet, she said that during Imran’s rule, inflation, poverty, unemployment, debts and deficits rose.
She said that Imran Khan’s term was marred by corruption and this was the reality of Naya Pakistan.
Quoting the figures, she said that in fiscal year 2017-18, GDP growth stood at 6.1 percent which fell to only 4 percent in 2021-22.
She said that in 2017-18, the CPI inflation was at 3.9 percent which shoot up to 10.9 percent in 2021-22 whereas the SPI inflation which was at 0.9 percent in 2017-18 increased to 17.3 percent. The food inflation which stood at 2.3 percent during 2017-18 shoot up to 10.2 percent, she maintained.
A day earlier, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administered oath to federal cabinet.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got 12 ministries and nine ministries have been given to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Four ministries handed over to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) got two ministries.
Other coalition partners including Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Jamhori Watan Party (JWP) got one ministry each in the new set up.
Two state ministers are from PML-N and one state minister from PPP. One member of PPP and two members of PML-N have been appointed advisors to the Prime Minister.