INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said a Cop Act similar to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be introduced in
Punjab after essential amendments in order to avoid occurrence of Sahiwal like incidents.Briefing media here external the Parliament Home
about Federal Cabinet assembly, Fawad Chaudhry said as many as 100 model police stations would be set up across Punjab so that better
policing services could be supplyd to the citizens.He said Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the assembly, attended by the Punjab chief
minister along with other provincial officials.The minister said the prime minister had directed that the responsible for Sahiwal tragedy
would be brought to justice.Chaudhry said reforms in Punjab would be initiated for capacity building of police and changing police culture
in the province.He said for the first time, meaningful changes would be brought in the visa regime
The details of it, would be shared in the next two days.The new visa regime would be favourable for commercemen, journalists and expatriate
Pakistanis and would have an affect on the tourism industry in the country, he added.The cabinet gave the go ahead for set upment of
Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMRA), for which refer toation would be held with all stakeholders including the journalist bodies to
make the authority acceptable for everyone.Fawad said Ministry of Information and Widecasting had started preparatory work accordingly.He
said the Finance Bill introduced in the National Assembly would have a positive affect on the commerce activities.He said the speaker would
coordinate with the opposition for appointment of new members of the Election Commission.The cabinet had also approved increase of 10
percent in the pension given by Employees feeble Age Benefit Institution while the grant of $58 million for Pakistan Mortgage Finance
Company was also approved, he added.He said Rs 5 billion revolving fund for grant of easy loans was set up through the finance bill so that
low income groups could build houses.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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