The Council of Common Interests (CCI) meeting has been summoned on May 2 (Friday) to discuss the canals project, a day after the federal government put the contentious project on the back burner following weeks of protests in Sindh. According to a notification issued on Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has convened the 52nd meeting of the CII at Prime Minister's Office. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, and Federal Minister Amir Muqam would attend the session. The chief ministers of all four provinces have been invited to participate in the meeting. Law Minister Azad Nazeer Tarar, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, and Science and Health Minister Mustafa Kamal would also participate in the session. Special invitations have been extended to the minister for petroleum, minister for water resources, and the minister for power division. The chief secretaries of all provinces have also received special invitations to attend. A day earlier, PM Shehbaz addres...