Chaired by Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Muhammad Basharat Raja, the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business approved several important matters regarding legislation.
The meeting held here on Wednesday was attended by concerned provincial ministers and secretaries.
Cabinet Committee approved the upgradation of Government Waqar Al-Nisa Post Graduate College Rawalpindi as university. Conditional permission for change in rules for promotion of deputy superintendent of police (DSPs) was also granted.
Punjab Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja said that the decision would provide opportunity to those DSPs who have been deprived of field duty for two years to get promotion. However, he directed that this permission should not affect the ongoing process of promotion of other DSPs.
The Cabinet Committee approved the names of representatives of Punjab in the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources, an institution of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. The Cabinet Committee examined in detail the proposal to introduce vehicle passports and RFID system in Punjab.
The Secretary Excise and Taxation said that the issuance of RFID would facilitate the collection of taxes. However, the Law Minister directed that the matter be re-examined for better decision making. He said that delay in issuance of number plates of vehicles and motorcycles should be removed.
The meeting considered setting up of excise police stations for drug control across the province however it was observed that there was scope for necessary changes in the draft law presented at the meeting and therefore this agenda item was postponed.