Secretary empowered to grant parole

Law to be amended to provide driving licences to persons with hearing disabilities

LAHORE:

The Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business, with Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Muhammad Basharat Raja in the chair, on Wednesday, approved the delegation of powers for granting parole on good conduct to the home secretary or chairman Parole Board.

The meeting also decided that an Act would be amended to provide driving licences to persons with hearing disabilities.

The meeting approved the resignations of Syed Yawar Ali and Saqib H Shirazi, two private members of the Technical and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA).

It was also decided to send recommendations to the chief minister for the establishment of two new tehsils of Cantonment and City in Rawalpindi district.

The Cabinet Committee approved an amendment to the Constitution of the Punjab Sports Board, under which the divisional sports committees have been restored. A suggestion of the mines and minerals secretary to approve a uniform policy for better use of salt mines has been deferred for further consideration.

The cabinet committee also approved the draft of the Punjab Sikh Marriage Amendment Act 2022, and legislation for setting up of Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (PEECA).

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31^st, 2022.