Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan Tuesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to sue against the cellular companies sending SMS for different purposes including advertisement and troubling the users.
He said, the issuance of several SIMs on single national identity card has different dimensions involving the subversion, law and order and can also be used for criminals and gangsters.
The minister said, as many as 11.2 million SIMs have been blocked. The minister told the house that a cabinet member has also complained that a cell phone company has issued 1100 connections on single ID card.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rehman Malik informed the National Assembly that first consignment of scanners from China will reach Pakistan by November 15. ,
“We want to ensure maximum security. Checking system is stringent across the world. We also have a system in place and ensure maximum scanning of passengers at airports and other places under prescribed rules,” the minister said in response to point of order regarding law and order and security at the airports.
He revealed that loan amount for installing CCTV cameras in big cities has been received and “we shall be installing scanners and CCTV cameras not at airports but also on important roads and in big cities.”
Meanwhile, a bill has been introduced in the National Assembly suggesting up to 10-year imprisonment for the millers violating the directives of the Competition Commission of Pakistan. The bill was introduced by the PML-Q MNA Sheikh Waqas Akram after it was not opposed by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan.
Highlighting the salient features of the bill, the member said bill is aimed at ensuring the directives of the Competition Commission of Pakistan with full dignity and responsibility.
The House deferred four bills seeking amendments in Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly after the parliamentary affairs minister said they involved some constitutional intricacies and require more deliberation.
One bill was opposed by Minister of State for Law and Justice moved by MNA Khalida Mansoor suggesting to double the penalty of Rs.3, 000 and six month imprisonment for the people manufacturing fake medicines.
Minister of State for Law and Justice Afzal Sindhu said the Drug Act 1976 is far more comprehensive than what the member has proposed in the bill.
He said under this Act, the person manufacturing fake medicines can be fined up to Rs 100,000 and imprisoned for up to seven years.
Source : The News
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