Council of Common Interests

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The Council of Common Interests is a constitutional body in Pakistan responsible for resolving power-sharing and policy disputes between the federal government and the provinces.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional body ⓘ
intergovernmental institution ⓘ
accountableTo Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
chairperson Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
compositionIncludes Chief Ministers of the provinces of Pakistan ⓘ
Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
three members from the federal government nominated by the Prime Minister ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentAffectedBy Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 153 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
Article 154 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
Article 155 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
decisionImplementationMonitoredBy federal government of Pakistan ⓘ
provincial governments of Pakistan ⓘ
disputeResolutionFunction resolving policy disputes between federation and provinces ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Pakistan 1973 ⓘ
governmentBranch federal government of Pakistan ⓘ
hasDecisionBindingOn federal government of Pakistan ⓘ
provincial governments of Pakistan ⓘ
jurisdiction Pakistan ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional body ⓘ
location Islamabad ⓘ
meetsAtLeast once in ninety days ⓘ
meetsFrequencySpecifiedIn Article 154 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
meetsIn Islamabad ⓘ
membersAppointedBy Prime Minister of Pakistan ⓘ
oversightOn all regulatory authorities dealing with oil, gas and electricity ⓘ
major ports ⓘ
regulation of electricity ⓘ
postEighteenthAmendmentRole enhanced oversight over subjects in Part II of the Federal Legislative List ⓘ
relatedTo Council of Economic Affairs ⓘ
National Economic Council (Pakistan) ⓘ
reportsTo Parliament of Pakistan ⓘ
role arbitrating disputes related to water and natural resources between the federation and provinces ⓘ
ensuring compliance of federal and provincial governments with decisions on common interests ⓘ
formulating and regulating policies in relation to matters in Part II of the Federal Legislative List ⓘ
resolving power-sharing disputes between the federal government and the provinces ⓘ
subjectArea electricity ⓘ
energy policy ⓘ
federal–provincial relations ⓘ
major infrastructure projects of common interest ⓘ
natural resources ⓘ
water distribution ⓘ
typeOfBody federal–provincial coordination body ⓘ

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Constitution of Pakistan (1973) → providesFor → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Chief Minister of Sindh → memberOf → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Provinces of Pakistan → haveRepresentationIn → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Provinces of Pakistan → coordinateThrough → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
National Finance Commission → relatedTo → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan → strengthenedInstitution → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
subject linked to: Eighteenth Amendment
Cabinet Committees of Pakistan → relatedTo → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
National Economic Council (Pakistan) → relatedBody → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
subject linked to: National Economic Council
Eighteenth Amendment (Pakistan) → strengthenedInstitution → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Article 153 of the Constitution of Pakistan → establishes → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Article 153 of the Constitution of Pakistan → createsBody → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Article 153 of the Constitution of Pakistan → subjectMatter → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Article 153 of the Constitution of Pakistan → relatedTo → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Article 154 of the Constitution of Pakistan → regulates → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Article 154 of the Constitution of Pakistan → empowers → Council of Common Interests to issue directions to the Federation and Provinces on relevant matters ⓘ
linked to: Council of Common Interests
Article 155 of the Constitution of Pakistan → relatedTo → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Politics of Pakistan → keyInstitution → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
Foreign Minister of Pakistan → includedIn → Council of Common Interests (by cabinet membership) ⓘ
linked to: Council of Common Interests
Governor of Punjab (Pakistan) → memberOf → Council of Common Interests (when required by law) ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor of Punjab
linked to: Council of Common Interests