Interior Ministry issues instructions for landlords

LAHORE: Interior Minister on Saturday released instructions to be followed by landlords and others who are in the business of providing residences or hostels on rent.

According to the instructions:

-- monitoring will be conducted of the buildings and hostels provided on rent.
-- from now onwards a landlord will have to get his residential property registered before having tenants.
-- identification of the tenants is a must. Two references will also be required.
-- the rent agreement will also have to provide details of tenants aged over 14 years.
-- the rent agreement must be got registered from a notary public or an oath commissioner.
-- the local police stations will be responsible for keeping the record of tenants in their jurisdiction.
-- violation of rent-related laws will be an unbailable crime.
-- no outsider except for the registered students will be allowed to live in a hostel.