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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Council of Common Interests canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

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 (1973) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Pakistan
country Pakistan ⓘ
decisionImplementationMonitoredBy Government of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Pakistan

provincial governments of Pakistan ⓘ
disputeResolutionFunction resolving policy disputes between federation and provinces ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Pakistan (1973) ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Pakistan 1973
governmentBranch Government of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Pakistan
hasDecisionBindingOn Government of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: 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 of Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: 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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 → strengthenedInstitution → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
subject surface form: Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
Cabinet Committees of Pakistan → relatedTo → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
National Economic Council → relatedBody → Council of Common Interests ⓘ
subject surface form: National Economic Council (Pakistan)