Page 1 of 72 GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB SERVICES AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT (CABINET WING) Dated Lahore the 11 th March, 2011 NOTIFICATION No. SO (Cab-I)2-3/2011. In exercise of the powers conferred under Article 139 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Government of the Punjab is pleased to make the following Rules: PART-A GENERAL 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be cited as the Punjab Government Rules of Business 2011. (2) They shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Assembly” means the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab; (b) “Attached Department” means a department mentioned in column 3 of the First Schedule. (c) “Autonomous Body” means a Body mentioned in column 4 of the First Schedule. (d) “Business” means the work done by the Government; (e) “Cabinet” means the Cabinet of Ministers, with the Chief Minister at its head as mentioned in Article 130 of the Constitution. (f) “Case” means a particular matter under consideration and includes all papers pertaining to it and necessary for its disposal, such as correspondence and notes and any previous papers connected with the subject; (g) “Chief Secretary” means the officer notified as such in the Gazette, and includes Additional Chief Secretary in Services and General Administration Department; (h) “Company” means a company created in public sector as mentioned in the First Schedule. (i) “Constitution” means Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; (j) “Department” means a self-contained administrative unit in the Secretariat responsible for the conduct of business of the Government in a distinct and specified sphere, and declared or constituted as such under the rules; (k) “District Coordination Officer”, “District Government” and "Executive District Officer" shall have the same meanings as are respectively assigned to them under the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 (XIII of 2001); (l) “Gazette” means the Official Gazette of the Province of the Punjab; (m) “Government “means Government of the Punjab; (n) “Governor” means Governor of the Punjab; (o) “Head of an Attached Department” means an officer shown in column 3 of the First Schedule. (p) “Member” means a Member of the Assembly; 1
