PML-N’s Samiullah Khan stressed for passing the bill immediately to encourage other members to work on drafting bills on the sectors being ignored by the government. APP/File
LAHORE: The treasury blocked the introduction of the Punjab Emergency Service (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the Punjab Assembly when the house met here on Tuesday as the law minister argued that being a money bill it could not be moved by a private member.
PML-Q MPA Khadija Umar is the mover of the bill.
Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja requested Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to pend the bill for Thursday as the government was drafting its own bill and would move it other than the Private Members Day.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has directed the provincial ministers to coordinate with the PTI and PML-Q candidates to finalise four sets of MPAs who would vote for the candidates. DawnNewsTV/File
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and the PTI as well as PML-Q candidates for the Senate discussed on Monday the election strategy in a meeting wherein the candidates were asked to identify MPAs groups who would vote for them. Each candidate requires 46 votes for his election as senator from Punjab.
The CM has directed the provincial ministers to coordinate with the PTI and PML-Q candidates to finalise four sets of MPAs who would vote for the candidates.
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New law on the cards to regulate cosmetic production
Law minister says harmful ingredients found in cosmetics
LAHORE:
Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja has highlighted that traces of harmful ingredients have been found in some cosmetics and the government has decided to introduce new legislation to regulate cosmetic production.
Presiding over a consultative meeting on Punjab Cosmetics Control Bill 2021, at Civil Secretariat on Thursday, the minister pointed out that at present there was no law exist in the province to take action against those involved in the counterfeit cosmetics business.
“On the directives of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar,” the minister said, “the process of manufacturing and sale of cosmetics was being brought under the purview of law for which a bill is being tabled in the Punjab Assembly.