The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of Pakistan is scheduled to meet on Wednesday August 29 in what is going to be the first meeting of the committee under the leadership of the new government.

Finance Minister Asad Umar is going to chair the meeting, and will be discussing a five point agenda that includes, among other things, the circular debt of the country, and its impact on the power sector.

In addition to that, the meeting will also discuss the gas pricing issue at hand, and would go on to discuss the financial health and liquidity position of the state-run Pakistan State Oil.

On the agriculture front, the meeting would also discuss the DAP situation for the Kharif crop, as well as measures to address the shortage of urea fertilizer.

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