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Summary The Senate Standing Committee took notice of issuance of weapons licences illegally.
The committee’s meeting held under the chair of Chairman Senator Talha Mahmood. The committee expressed displeasure over the failure to control arms licences’ issuances.Interior Secretary informed the committee that all the provinces except Punjab agreed to hand over powers of arms licences issuance to the federal government.The Passport DG informed the committee that the new machinery had reached and now complaints regarding passports issuance would be removed.The meeting also decided to set up a committee to take action against extortionists in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
