Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Muhammad Basharat Raja has said that more stringent laws are needed to discourage hoarding and the provincial government is taking all necessary steps to curb profiteering.
While chairing a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business here on Tuesday, he said that new warehouse rules would be formulated to curb hoarding. Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Hamayoun, Minister for Environment Bao Rizwan and relevant secretaries attended the meeting. Cabinet Committee directed for further deliberations to make new rules about godowns more effective.
Muhammad Basharat Raja said that the new rules must specify the quantity of stock of goods as the items kept in cold storage also fall into this category. Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee approved the formation of Punjab Mining Board and amendment in the rules for registration of consultants for Environment Department. The committee also vetted Punjab Christian Marriage Rules (Returns of Solemnization) 2021.
