The federal cabinet has approved constitution of an inquiry commission to investigate the Broadsheet issue. 

This was announced by Information Minister Syed Shibli Faraz, while briefing media in Islamabad about decisions taken in the federal cabinet, which met in the federal capital with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair. 

The Minister said the commission instead of a committee is being set up under the Commission of Inquiry Act 2017 to probe the revelations made by the Broadsheet.

He said Adviser on Institutional Reforms Dr Ishrat Hussain briefed the cabinet on abolishing of 70,000 vacancies in various ministries and divisions and reducing the number of Federal Government institutions from 441 to 324. He told that expenditure of ministries and institutions has not been increased in the last two years. It was said that restructuring plan of seven institutions have been submitted to the concerned Ministries for implementation.

Syed Shibli Faraz said the cabinet also approved reconstitution of a committee regarding regularization of contract and daily-wager employees in light of the Islamabad High Court's decision.

He said recommendations of the Ministry of National Health Services and Regulations also got cabinet's nod regarding import of Corona vaccine.

Syed Shibli Faraz said the meeting was briefed that exports witnessed a significant rise, remittances increased by 2.8 billion dollars and foreign exchange reserves surged by two billion dollars in the last six months. Tax collection swelled by 7.9 percent in December last year, while funds utilized under the Public Sector Development Program increased by 7.4 percent as compared to the same period last fiscal year.

The Information Minister said the cabinet extended application of Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1952 to the employees of National Institutional Facilitation Technologies, Pakistan Security Printing Corporation and Security Papers Limited Karachi for another six months period.