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Upstream regulatory body on cards
New authority will take provinces on board while regulating petroleum affairs
To ensure independence, the upstream industry regulator’s main source of funding will be levies on the entities it regulates. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The government has decided to set up Pakistan Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority with the objective of taking provinces on board while regulating affairs of the upstream industry.
At present, the director general petroleum concession (DGPC) regulates the upstream petroleum industry.
The draft Pakistan Petroleum Upstream Regulatory Authority Bill 2021 has been submitted to the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases for approval.
NTS mismanagement led to paper leak in Dir
NA sub-panel calls for assigning task of evaluating aspirants for govt posts to FPSC
A sub-committee of the lower house of parliament has proposed that the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) should be assigned the task of conducting initial testing of the people applying for government jobs.
However, the panel has clarified that this job should be assigned to the FPSC subject to strengthening of the commission with required human and financial resources.
The convener of the sub-committee, MNA Rana Iradat Sharif Khan, was briefing the National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat about the findings of the sub-committee regarding leakage of paper during a National Testing Service (NTS) exam in District Lower Dir
President Alvi Approves Anti-Rape Ordinance
File photo. Courtesy PID
New legislation calls for establishment of special courts to expedite trials of rape and sexual assault cases
President Arif Alvi on Tuesday approved the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance, 2020 to help expedite trials of rape cases, as well as implement harsher punishments for anyone convicted of such offenses.
Under the ordinance, special courts will be set up nationwide to expedite the trials of rape cases on priority basis. It calls for all cases to be resolved within four months and also mandates the establishment of Prime Minister’s Anti-Rape Crisis Cells to conduct medico-legal examinations of all victims within six hours of any sexual assault being reported.