CM gives nod to 13-member LG finance commission

Approval given to increase fines for violation of traffic rules

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over the 18th meeting of the Punjab cabinet at his office here on Tuesday in which establishment of 13-member Punjab Local Government Finance Commission was approved.

This commission would be headed by Finance Minister to devise the formula of provincial taxes. The meeting decided to lift ban on recruitment against vacant posts from grade one to four and the Chief Minister directed the departments to forward their cases for recruitment against such grades.

The chief minister will approve the recruitments after reviewing them on case-to-case basis. The Punjab cabinet decided to shutdown Sasti Roti Authority and to hold special audit of irregularities in this scheme. Action will be initiated in the light of special audit report. The meeting was also given a briefing about anti-dengue measures. The meeting decided to amend the table of registration fee of Registration Act, 1908 and the scope of e-stamping scheme will be further expanded after the amendments.

Approval was given to increase fines for violation of traffic rules as well as adoption of different steps for ensuring traffic management in the light of Provincial Motor Vehicles Amendment Bill, 2019. The meeting approved amendments in Punjab Border Military Police and Baloch Levies Service Rules, 2009. It also decided to establish University of Technology in Rawalpindi and approved draft bill 2019 in this regard. Permission was granted to outlets of less than one cusec size.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 9^th, 2019.