The Punjab government has constituted a special committee to formulate institutional mechanism for the enforcement of Punjab Marriage Function Ordinance across the province. The provincial and district administrations have been directed to ensure effective implementation of the Punjab Marriage Function Ordinance at all levels.
The first meeting of the special committee was convened here on Thursday at ACS Conference Room, Civil Secretariat. Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Shamail Ahmad Khawaja presided over the meeting while Lord Mayor Lahore Colonel (r) Mubasher Javeed, Commissioner Lahore Abdullah Khan Sumbal, Special Secretary Local Government Ms Sarah Aslam and Additional Secretary (Admn) S&GAD Sahibzadi Waseemah Umer participated.
During the meeting, it was decided to constitute special committees at district level in the convenership of concerned deputy commissioners. Additional Deputy Commissioner (G), ADC(Hq), Municipal Officer (Regulation) and SP Security will be the members of these committees to be established in every district of the province. Such committees will also be constituted at tehsil level and regional level in the big cities which will be responsible to streamline consistent action and legal enquiries against the violators of the ordinance so that there should be no discrimination between ordinary people and residents of posh areas.
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