Elimination of Regulations for Declaring Smaller Establishments as Factories (section 5 of Factories Act) Reform ID P152 Reform Description Before: Section 05 of Factories Act authorized government to apply the provisions of Factories Act to smaller establishments with five or more employees. After: Through an amendment, section 05 of Factories Act has been amended, thus…
Commercial Courts Established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Expeditious Disposal of Commercial Cases Reform ID K151 Reform Description Before: Businesses suffer as commercial cases took a lot of time for resolving a business dispute, because of a huge litigation burden, causing delay and resulting in loss of confidence by businesses on the system. After: Now, legislative…
Eliminate Requirement of Mandatory Apprenticeship Program from 20% of Employees to 10%, for SMEs Reform ID K150 Reform Description Before: It was mandatory for all businesses to employ 20% of the workforce as apprentices which meant extra cost to businesses for unskilled employees. After: Now, for the SMEs, mandatory apprenticeship threshold has been reduced to…
Timeline Introduced for Registration of Factories Reform ID S149 Reform Description Before: For new businesses, the registration process was cumbersome as there was no time frame for the registration of the factories. After: The factory registration process has been made timebound within Fourteen (14) days, and the registration process has become efficient. Sector Manufacturing Sector…
Requirement for White Washing of all surfaces in Factories Abolished in Sindh Reform ID S148 Reform Description Before: Factories Act prescribed minute details like grading of whitewash and ensuring all surfaces are white washed. Inspectors used to penalize businesses for even minor violations like whitewashing of factory premises. After: Now the businesses have been permitted…
Authority of Inspectors to Penalize on Minor Issues, i.e. Placing of Spittoons etc. has been Abolished Reform ID S147 Reform Description Before: Pre-Partition Factories Act prescribed minute details like placement of spittoons. Inspectors used to penalize businesses for small violations. After: Businesses have been permitted to make hygiene related measures as per best practices. Now,…
Timeline Prescribed for Issuance & Renewal of Drug License Reform ID A146 Reform Description Before: Businesses were facing difficulty getting drug licenses as pharmacies and drug stores had to obtain drug licenses from drug regulatory authorities which was time consuming. After: The licensing process has been made time bound to ensure timely issuance of drug…
Authority of Inspectors to Penalize on Minor Issues, i.e. Requirements of Specific Grade of Whitewash etc. has been Abolished Reform ID G145 Reform Description Before: Pre-Partition Factories Act prescribed minute details like placement of spittoons and using specific grade chalk for for whitewash. Inspectors used to penalize businesses for small violations. After: Businesses have been…
Authority of Inspectors to Penalize on Minor Issues, i.e. Placing of Spittoons etc. has been Abolished Reform ID G144 Reform Description Before: Pre-Partition Factories Act prescribed minute details like placement of spittoons. Inspectors used to penalize businesses for small violations. After: Businesses have been permitted to make hygiene related measures as per best practices. Now,…