{"id":60659,"date":"2020-01-29T10:05:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=60659"},"modified":"2020-01-29T10:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T10:05:04","slug":"govt-issue-licenses-street-vendors-legal-draft-prepare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-issue-licenses-street-vendors-legal-draft-prepare.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to issue licenses to street vendors; legal draft prepared"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The government has prepared a legal draft for issuing licenses to street vendors operating in the country, a news source reported. Through the implementation of this measure, the government aims to control the spread of unlicensed businesses in Pakistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-abolish-several-taxes-small-businesses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"KP govt to abolish several taxes on small businesses (opens in a new tab)\">KP govt to abolish several taxes on small businesses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To this effect, the government will prohibit individuals\nunder the age of 14 years to set up business stalls. The draft also prohibits\nselling goods from one place to another. The authority concerned will issue licences\nto street vendors for a period of five years. Under this licence, &nbsp;the street vendors will be liable to paying\nPKR 500 each month. Meanwhile, this licence will be non-transferable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the legal draft states that the local government will have the authority to change the area of business of the street vendor. However, if the street vendor does consent to the relocation, the local authorities will have the obligation of paying for any resultant damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rawalpindi-food-street-location-finalised.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Rawalpindi Food Street location finalised (opens in a new tab)\">Rawalpindi Food Street location finalised<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the proposed bill also suggests punishment for\ngovernment officials found disturbing the vendors without reason. If found\nguilty, the officer concerned will have to pay a fine worth PKR 20,000. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The government has prepared a legal draft for issuing licenses to street vendors operating in the country, a news source reported. Through the implementation of this measure, the government aims to control the spread of unlicensed businesses in Pakistan. Read: KP govt to abolish several taxes on small businesses To this effect, the government will prohibit individuals under the age of 14 years to set up business stalls. The draft also prohibits selling goods from one place to another. The authority concerned will issue licences to street vendors for a period of five years. Under this licence, &nbsp;the street vendors will be liable to paying PKR 500 each month. Meanwhile, this licence will be non-transferable. On the other hand, the legal draft states that the local government will have the authority to change the area of business of the street vendor. However, if the street vendor does consent to the relocation, the local authorities will have the obligation of paying for any resultant damages. Read: Rawalpindi Food Street location finalised Additionally, the proposed bill also suggests punishment for government officials found disturbing the vendors without reason. If found guilty, the officer concerned will have to pay a fine worth&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15020],"tags":[16849],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-details-on-govt-to-issue-licenses-to-street-vendors-legal-draft-prepared","10":"cat-15012-id","11":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to issue licenses to street vendors; legal draft prepared - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal government has prepared a legal draft for issuing licenses to street vendors operating in the country to control unlicensed businesses.\" \/>\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\/govt-issue-licenses-street-vendors-legal-draft-prepare.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to issue licenses to street vendors; 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