The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet has approved import of copies of the Holy Quran.

Its meeting was held in Islamabad on Thursday with Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar in the chair.

Ministry of Commerce presented a summary on amendment in Import Policy Order 2022 to allow import of the Holy Quran subject to NOC from the relevant Federal or the Provincial Authority.

The summary was presented under the directions of the Lahore High court and Balochistan High court, directing the Federal and Provincial authorities to ensure only error-free printing, publishing, recording and import of copies of the Holy Quran.

After in depth discussion, the meeting approved the summary on amendment.  

Meanwhile, the meeting also approved that the electricity tariff will be effective from August this year, whereas RLNG tariff will be effective from July this year for export oriented sectors.

It allowed payment of projected net salary of over 1.3 billion rupees for Pakistan Steel Mills employees. Besides, a grant of over 30 billion was approved in favour of Defence Division and an amount of one billion rupees for Ministry of Housing and Works.