{"id":66836,"date":"2020-06-21T10:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=66836"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T05:36:43","slug":"essential-services-act-on-utility-stores-prevent-food-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/essential-services-act-on-utility-stores-prevent-food-emergency.html","title":{"rendered":"Essential Services Act imposed on utility stores to prevent food emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The government on Thursday (June 11) imposed the Essential Services Act, 1952 on the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to secure an &#8216;unhindered supply of food items to the masses&#8217; and undertake preventative measures against any food emergency anticipated in the coming months, according to news sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/export-of-edibles-banned-to-secure-national-food-supply.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Export of essential edibles banned to secure national food supply<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Essential Services Act will govern the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/usc-stores-and-warehouse-automation-pilot-project-launched-in-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USC<\/a> for six months. In essence, the Act is applicable to every federal institution tasked with the provision of essential services to people in case of any emergencies and natural disasters. However, the corporation is only an entity supervised by the Ministry of Industries \u2013 where the Act has been imposed to prevent food emergency. The federal cabinet approved the imposition of law on June 2 and it could be extended till as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-permits-bulk-food-import-for-supply-to-afghanistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pakistan permits bulk food import for supply to Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the importance of the corporation has increased a lot in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus in Pakistan \u2013 and it has to maintain a supply of essentials in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The government on Thursday (June 11) imposed the Essential Services Act, 1952 on the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to secure an &#8216;unhindered supply of food items to the masses&#8217; and undertake preventative measures against any food emergency anticipated in the coming months, according to news sources. Read: Export of essential edibles banned to secure national food supply The Essential Services Act will govern the USC for six months. In essence, the Act is applicable to every federal institution tasked with the provision of essential services to people in case of any emergencies and natural disasters. However, the corporation is only an entity supervised by the Ministry of Industries \u2013 where the Act has been imposed to prevent food emergency. The federal cabinet approved the imposition of law on June 2 and it could be extended till as needed. Read: Pakistan permits bulk food import for supply to Afghanistan Reportedly, the importance of the corporation has increased a lot in the aftermath of the novel coronavirus in Pakistan \u2013 and it has to maintain a supply of essentials in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":64155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[32215,32216,25653],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-essential-services-act-imposed-on-utility-stores-to-prevent-food-emergency","9":"tag-national-food-security","10":"tag-utility-stores-corporation-usc","11":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Essential Services Act imposed on utility stores - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The government on Thursday (June 11) imposed the Essential Services Act, 1952 on the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to secure an &#039;unhindered\" \/>\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\/essential-services-act-on-utility-stores-prevent-food-emergency.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Essential Services Act imposed on utility stores - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The government on Thursday (June 11) imposed the Essential Services Act, 1952 on the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) to secure an &#039;unhindered\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/essential-services-act-on-utility-stores-prevent-food-emergency.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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