IEA to establish national economic advisory board

KABUL (Agencies): The Economic Commission of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) approved a plan to establish a national economic advisory board.
The office of the economic deputy prime minister said in a statement that the National Economic Advisory Board of Afghanistan will advise the government on economic issues when necessary.
Members of the board will be university professors, experts in economic affairs and representatives of trade and industry.
The statement also said that in the recent meeting of the Economic Commission, a committee led by the Academy of Sciences and consisting of the Ministries of Commerce, Agriculture and Public Health and Kabul Municipality was assigned to prepare a guideline for slaughtering chickens in accordance with Sharia principles before sending it to Darul Ifta Markazi for edict.
In the meeting, two Kabul Municipality projects worth 414 million afghanis were also approved in principle.