Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed the chief secretary and IG to strictly implement one-dish and time restriction in marriage celebrations throughout the province and made it clear that legal action will be initiated in case of any violation. He asked them to ensure implementation on one-dish and time restriction policy.
The CM was chairing the 25th meeting of Punjab Cabinet at 90-SQA on Tuesday. The meeting approved the reconstitution of Punjab Information Technology Board along with the regulation of online transport companies and private vehicles in the province. It also approved the amendment in Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1965 which will allow regulation of App-based ride-hailing companies and private vehicles. The meeting decided to forward the matter of fixing the fare of Lahore Orange Line Metro Train to the Punjab Assembly to hold a debate for a final decision. The proposal of cancelling permits of other means of transport on Lahore Orange Line Metro Train route was rejected.
The meeting decided in principle to provide state land for Naya Pakistan Housing Programme according to the law and further decided to review again the regularization of contract employees of the Public Health Engineering Department. The cabinet approved to amend the Article-4 of Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2014.
Similarly, ex-post-facto approval of summary of service level agreement for the provision of funds for operational expenditures of GIS-based Survey and Computerization of Urban Non-Moveable Property Tax Project for financial years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. Approval of signing the MoU between Lahore and Xuzhou city of Jiangsu province of China was given, as well. Moreover, approval of signing the letter of intent for declaring Faisalabad and Qingdao, Rawalpindi and Wuhan, Bahawalpur and Nanjing, Taxila and Datong and Multan and Xian as sister cities was granted by the meeting.
The draft agreement between the Population Welfare Department and private service provider for franchising of clinical services phase-II for the provision of family planning services under annual development programme was approved. Reconstitution of the committee was also approved under Section 3(1) of The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985. Similarly, approval of the establishment of Times Institute in Multan and rules and regulations for the appointment of Chairman Punjab Zakat and Ushr Council was granted along with the approval of Punjab Shops and Establishment Amendment Bill, 2019 and draft bill of Punjab Industrial Relations Amendment Act, 2019.
The meeting deferred the approval of the draft bill of The Factories Amendment Act, 2019 and directed to re-submit the reformulated bill. De-notification of spare land for the construction of lift-stations for sewerage system in Lahore’s union councils 117, 118 and 120 were approved. Meanwhile, approval was granted to amend Quaid-e-Azam Library Lahore (Appointment and Conditions of Service) Regulations, 1984. It also decided to amend Notification No. SOR-IV(S&GAD) 15-1/2020 dated 21.05.2012.
