Federal Minister for Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics & Privatisation, Senator Ishaq Dar Tuesday chaired a meeting here at the Finance Ministry to review matters related to privatisation. Chairman Privatisation Commission Mohammad Zubair briefed the minister on the privatisation programme approved by the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation (CCOP), says a press release issued here.

He briefed the minister on the status of the ongoing privatisation transactions and post-privatisation matters. He also briefed the minister on the performance of the Privatisation Commission for the six-month period ended on 31st December 2016. The finance minister emphasised that Privatisation Commission should undertake all necessary efforts to complete the ongoing transactions in a timely manner in accordance with processes defined in the Privatisation Commission Ordinance, 2000.

He urged the Privatisation Commission to ensure that privatisation transactions are conducted in an open, fair and transparent manner. He said that the privatisation programme is a major component of the present government's home-grown structural reforms agenda. The meeting was attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Finance and Privatisation Commission.-PR

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