Maryam-led Punjab govt renews order for 'one-dish' policy in wedding events

• CM approves restoring free medicines for cancer patients.
• Maryam seeks recommendations on wheat procurement.
• Punjab cabinet eyes digital system for prosecutor's dept.

LAHORE: The Punjab government has ordered strict implementation of the 'one-dish rule' in wedding events — which promotes austerity and discourages exhibitive trends among citizens.

A set of decisions was taken in the provincial cabinet session chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday.

The provincial chief executive approved restoring free-of-cost medicines for cancer patients.

Other decisions include approval to the issuance of Kisan Cards, recommendations for wheat procurement, cash subsidy to small farmers, a digital system for monitoring the prosecutor department’s performance and increasing standards of the first information report (FIR).

CM Maryam also ordered to strict implementation of the one-dish rule at wedding parties.

The law was taken into effect for years in the province to discourage the exhibition of money among citizens, specifically reducing the burden of expensive wedding feasts on deserving families who were forced to follow the trend despite facing financial challenges.

On multiple occasions, the provincial authorities took punitive actions against those citizens who violated the law by showering local and foreign currencies, as well as serving lavish and expensive meals to the guests.

In a bid to conserve energy amid the worsening power crisis, the federal cabinet also decided in 2022 to impose a ban on wedding functions after 10pm in Islamabad.