Islamabad: The meeting of federal cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has started in which the six-point agenda will be considered.

The overall political and economic situation of the country will be reviewed in the federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

In the cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb will take into account his visit to America and talks with the IMF officials, the six-point agenda will be discussed in the meeting.

The meeting will also approve the recommendations of the Cabinet Committee on Legislation.

The decision to allow foreign flights to private airlines is also included in the agenda of the meeting, while the establishment of a special anti-narcotics court in Makran division will also be approved

Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday barred the police from arresting the former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry for another seven days.

According to the details, the court issued a written order for his protective bail in 36 cases.

The written order states that the date of non-arrest of Fawad Chaudhry will start from the date of the order of the Chief Justice.

It is further stated in the order that Fawad Chaudhry applied for extension of bail in 36 cases.

Lahore: The power prices is likely to increase Rs2.94 per unit. The extra burden will be imposed on consumers for more than Rs20 billion in one month with the increase in prices.  

According to the details, the power division told that the 22 cheap power plants were closed which were running on gas in March. Earlier, the 13 plants were closed which run on natural gas.

The nine plants remained close which run on exported re-gasified liquified natural gas (RLNG). Previously, the power was also produced by furnace oil.

However, the most expensive electricity was exported from Iran to Rs30.37 in per unit.