NA clears SOEs bill; PM says no wheat exports yet
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assured the National Assembly on Wednesday that the government has not decided to export wheat from the country, even as the State-Owned Enterprises (Governance and Operations) Bill, 2024 was rushed through the legislature. This controversial amendment, which allows the government to remove board members of SOEs based on recommendations from the board nomination committee, had been passed by the Senate the previous week and will become law upon President Asif Ali Zardari’s assent. “I want to bring it on record before the House that there is no such decision on wheat exports,” the PM said while responding to the opposition leader’s accusations against Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.