Some of those who have attended meetings of the standing committee tasked with vetting the draft allege that the bill is different from what has been drafted by the body. — File
LAHORE: The passage of a new law controlling sugar factories early this month has irked the farmers who say that their rights have been compromised in the amendment act, contrary to what they had been given in the ordinance promulgated in October last year.
The Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Act 2021, passed on May 4 by the Punjab Assembly, has caused another controversy as agriculture department officials said they were not made a part of the law-making process.