Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved an amount of Rs10 million for medical treatment of former world Squash Champion Jan Sher Khan.
Jan Sher Khan is a national hero. He was born on June 15, 1969, in Peshawar, Pakistan and the former World No. 1 professional Pakistani squash player.
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During his career he won the World Open a record eight times and the British Open six times. For many years the name Khan had been synonymous with success in the game of squash.
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“Unlike his older rival, Jahangir Khan (no relation), Jan Sher did not emerge from a squash-playing dynasty. His father was a storekeeper on the Pakistan Air Force payroll. Two of his older brothers, however, excelled at the sport. Mohibullah, a top touring professional, and then Atlas, a highly rated amateur, competed in the 1970s,” according to official website of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government.
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Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presided over the ECC meeting. Federal Minister for Power Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Syed Murtaza Mahmud, Federal Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar, Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Masood Malik, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi MNA/Ex-PM, SAPM on Finance Tariq Bajwa, SAPM on Revenue Tariq Mehmood Pasha, SAPM on Government Effectiveness Dr. Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, Chairman SECP,MD PASSCO, Federal Secretaries and other senior officers attended the meeting.
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The ECC considered a summary of Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination and granted Technical Supplementary Grant of Rs 10 million for medical treatment of Jan Sher Khan, Ex-world Squash Champion, diagnosed with multiple health issues.
Ministry of National Food Security & Research submitted a summary on fixation of PASSCO’s wheat procurement targets for the year 2023 and presented details on the public wheat stocks, projected release of wheat from PASSCO’s stocks and carry forward stocks at the start of new food year on 01-04-2023.
Considering the situation, additional demand of wheat from PASSCO’s stocks by Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan, minimum level of carry forward stocks and prevailing pricing trend in the local wheat market, the ECC approved the recommendation of Ministry of National Food Security and Research to assign wheat procurement target of 1.80 MMT at procurement price of Rs 3,900/40kg.
Further the ECC directed MNFS&R to form a committee to review the proper wheat usage, wheat storage mechanism/ Silos in the country and present its findings to the ECC in 15 days.
