{"id":55296,"date":"2019-09-17T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T07:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=55296"},"modified":"2019-09-17T12:41:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T07:41:37","slug":"finalise-draft-law-ban-polythene-bags-week-punjab-cs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/finalise-draft-law-ban-polythene-bags-week-punjab-cs.html","title":{"rendered":"Finalise draft law to ban polythene bags in a week: Punjab CS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Chief Secretary (CS) Punjab Yousaf Naseem Khokhar has ordered concerned authorities to finalise the draft law to ban the usage of polythene bags within a week, a news source reported. The order was given as the CS was reviewing the proposed bill while chairing a meeting at his office on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gujranwala-plastic-bags-ban-effect-starting-september-15.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gujranwala plastic bags ban to go into effect starting September 15<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khokhar stated that reducing pollution, and preserving the environment, was the government\u2019s priority. Eliminating polythene bags was an important step in this direction. He emphasised the need for collective efforts in the implementation of steps like these.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-ministry-reports-90-drop-single-use-plastic-bags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate ministry reports 90% drop in single-use plastic bags<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Secretary Environment Department of Punjab informed the meeting that the Lahore High Court had received two petitions calling for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-on-plastic-bags-use-expected-in-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ban on the usage of plastic bags<\/a>, similar to the one submitted in Islamabad. Due to this reason, the court had ordered that a draft law be formulated after consultation with stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Chief Secretary (CS) Punjab Yousaf Naseem Khokhar has ordered concerned authorities to finalise the draft law to ban the usage of polythene bags within a week, a news source reported. The order was given as the CS was reviewing the proposed bill while chairing a meeting at his office on Monday. Read:\u00a0Gujranwala plastic bags ban to go into effect starting September 15 Khokhar stated that reducing pollution, and preserving the environment, was the government\u2019s priority. Eliminating polythene bags was an important step in this direction. He emphasised the need for collective efforts in the implementation of steps like these. Read:\u00a0Climate ministry reports 90% drop in single-use plastic bags The Secretary Environment Department of Punjab informed the meeting that the Lahore High Court had received two petitions calling for a ban on the usage of plastic bags, similar to the one submitted in Islamabad. Due to this reason, the court had ordered that a draft law be formulated after consultation with stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":10796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13025],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-detailson-finalise-draft-law-to-ban-polythene-bags-in-a-week-punjab-cs"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finalise draft law to ban polythene bags in a week: Punjab CS - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: Chief Secretary (CS) Punjab Yousaf Naseem Khokhar has ordered concerned authorities to finalise the draft law to ban the usage of polythene bags\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/finalise-draft-law-ban-polythene-bags-week-punjab-cs.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finalise draft law to ban polythene bags in a week: Punjab CS - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: Chief Secretary (CS) Punjab Yousaf Naseem Khokhar has ordered concerned authorities to finalise the draft law to ban the usage of polythene bags\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/finalise-draft-law-ban-polythene-bags-week-punjab-cs.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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