Sindh cabinet to meet today

Published November 10, 2018
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. — File photo
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. — File photo

KARACHI: The Sindh cabinet will be meeting here on Saturday (today) to discuss various issues, including a ban on the use of polythene bags across the province.

The agenda for the meeting, to be chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, includes consideration of the change of the name of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and determination of the support price of wheat.

Other items also in­clu­ded in the agenda are policy for allotment of the use of government-owned luxury vehicles as per the order of the court; implementation of the law against beggary; and consideration of the report regarding protection of the rights of prisoners and condition of prisons.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2018

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