Visually impaired daily wagers to be regularised

Meeting gives nod to reconstitution of Punjab Quality Control Board

LAHORE:

The Punjab government has a relaxed ban on regularisation of visually impaired daily wagers working different government departments.

The decision was made in the 37th session of the Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary and Basharat Raja.

Provincial Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun, Provincial Minister for Sports Taimur Ahmad Khan, Additional Chief Secretary Home and provincial secretaries of the relevant department attended the meeting.

The meeting also approved the nomination of former Federal Secretaries Ghazanfar Abbas Jilani and Muhammad Athar Tahir for Board of Directors of the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC).

The meeting decided to withdraw the Excise and Taxation Department’s tax collection authority from post offices. It approved the appointment of Dr Jamil Anwar, Dr Fauzia Rehman, Dr Qaratul Ain, Dr Talat Naseer Pasha and Dr Zeeshan Danish as scientists in Punjab Agriculture, Food and Drug Authority.

The proposal to reconstitute the Punjab Quality Control Board and appoint Dr Muhammad Shabbir and Dr Khalid Bin Sattar as directors in Punjab Mineral Company was also agreed upon during the session.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 14^th, 2020.