Staff Reporter

The government is likely to pass the much-talked-about consumer rights protection law, first ever in the country, next month providing provisions of imprisonment and financial penalty in cases of consumer rights violation.
Minister for Commerce Lt Col (Retd) Faruq Khan yesterday told reporters that the Consumer Rights Protection Ordinance promulgated by the previous caretaker government would be enacted into a law in the current session of Parliament. Abdul Jalil, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry, said the committee is now scrutinizing “We’ll soon give our recommendations,” he said. [Read more]