Law minister chairs meeting to formulate implementation plan
Overseas Pakistanis remitted $5.9b; total inflows were $19.9b, up 6.4%. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Law Minister Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem has called for effective implementation of Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Act, 2020 by the Pakistani missions abroad in order to facilitate the diaspora community.
Chairing a meeting attended by Foreign Secretary Sohail Mehmood and Overseas Pakistanis Secretary Dr Hashim Popalzai, the minister apprised the representatives from the foreign ministries and overseas Pakistanis about the usefulness of the system.
The system is developed with the help of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). The meeting at the law ministry was held to formulate a plan in this regard, said an official handout issued here on Tuesday.
Panel formed to expedite finalisation of law reforms
The minister expressed his displeasure over absence of representatives from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad
Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Law Minister Farogh Naseem has formed a subcommittee headed by Parliamentary Secretary Malaika Bukhari to oversee and expedite the finalisation of a draft on criminal reforms by the deadline given by the prime minister.
The minister chaired a meeting of the Task Force on Criminal Reforms on Tuesday and expressed his displeasure over the absence of the representatives from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad.
He said that no objection will be entertained by any province, after the finalisation of the draft in case of continuous absence of a representative from that province. He directed for issuance of fresh notices to the prosecutor general offices, home departments and police departments of all the provinces for their inputs.