Punjab Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Raja Basharat chaired the 37th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business held at Civil Secretariat on Tuesday.

Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yasir Humayun, Minister for Sports Taimur Ahmad Khan, Additional Chief Secretary Home, Secretary Local Government Secretary Law and Secretaries of other relevant bodies also attended the meeting.

The Cabinet Committee on Legislative Business approved the nomination of former Federal Secretaries Ghazanfar Abbas Jilani and Muhammad Athar Tahir for the Board of Directors of Lahore Waste Management Company and a proposal to relax the ban on recruitment for regularisation of blind daily wagers of different departments.

Withdrawal of Excise and Taxation Department’s tax collection authority from post offices, 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 Provincial Quality Control Board and to appoint Dr Muhammad Shabbir and Dr Khalid Bin Sattar as Directors in Punjab Mineral Company Pvt Ltd was agreed upon.

The committee directed the Local Government Department to consult the concerned Deputy Commissioners for expeditious finalisation of pending names of Village and Neighborhood Councils.