ISLAMABAD: 12, JANUARY, 2021: A federal cabinet meeting will be held today (Tuesday) where the members will discuss 15-point agenda including current coronavirus situation. 

According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside over the meeting in which political, economic, and power-related matters will come under discussion.

Sources said that in the meeting the cabinet are expected to make important decosions including Rs400 million budget for the establishment of new accountability courts.

A draft bill regarding the Auditor General Office will be tabled in tomorrow's session while the appointment of the director-general (DG) of Legal and Justice Authority is also a part of the agenda. It is pertinent to mention here that the Supreme Court (SC) had directed the federal government to make 30 new accountability courts functional within a month besides issuing orders to appoint the law secretary. 

During the meeting, the December 23’s decisions of the cabinet's committee on reforms, as well as decisions of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) and the committee on privatisation will be approved. 

In addition, the cabinet members will also approve the provision of additional stocks of wheat to state-owned utility stores in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) while the approval to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Commercial Banking Lahore to declare a police station; appointment of an administration and elections of National Council For Tibb; additional charge of director-general (DG) of Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP); construction of a multi-storey building on railway land in Nowshera are also included in the agenda. (04)