{"id":14661,"date":"2023-04-10T13:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=14661"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:06:40","slug":"rawalpindi-municipal-corporation-issues-new-by-laws-for-graveyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/rawalpindi-municipal-corporation-issues-new-by-laws-for-graveyards\/","title":{"rendered":"Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation Issues New By-laws for Graveyards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Liaquat Ali Chattha, the administrator of Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation, has announced the Regulation of Burial Places\/Graveyard by-laws, 2023 for graveyards in Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n<p>The garrison city has 209 graveyards on 6,365 Kanal of land, while the number of graveyards in the cantonment&#8217;s jurisdiction is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Private housing societies are required to transfer graveyard land to the state, but none have done so yet.<\/p>\n<p>The by-laws will apply to all municipal\/metro corporations, except the cantonment, Auqaf department area, and Punjab Shaher-i-Khamoshan Authority.<\/p>\n<p>The local government or respective union council will notify the union council burial place\/graveyard committee as soon as the by-laws are enforced.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the committee will be in charge of formulating policies for maintenance and management, monitoring, giving suggestions for improvement, and protection from encroachment.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/cda-seals-azam-swatis-farmhouse-for-violating-building-bylaws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4\"><style> .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4:active, .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4 { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4 .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4 .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .uda1f2aa3a58c3a1f3e0852ec43dc4ed4:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">CDA Seals Azam Swati's Farmhouse for Violating Building Bylaws<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Additionally, no new burial places will be established without the local government&#8217;s permission, and all burial places must be registered and regulated.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, no animals, tongas, or vehicles will be allowed in the graveyard.<\/p>\n<p>The burial of poor individuals will be arranged by the local government, and regular records will be kept.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, the size of all graves will be uniform, and inscriptions or tombstones will not be allowed without permission.<\/p>\n<p>The details suggest that the violators will face punishment under sections 172 to 176 and section 134.<\/p>\n<p>Chattha stated that the local government has a responsibility to provide a proper burial place for those who have passed away, and these by-laws are intended to ensure that.<\/p>\n<p>The local government must identify and demarcate all publicly available burial places within 60 days of the by-laws&#8217; issuance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI: Liaquat Ali Chattha, the administrator of Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation, has announced the Regulation of Burial Places\/Graveyard by-laws, 2023 for graveyards in Rawalpindi. The garrison city has 209 graveyards on 6,365 Kanal of land, while the number of graveyards in the cantonment&#8217;s jurisdiction is unknown. Private housing societies are required to transfer graveyard land to the state, but none have done so yet. The by-laws will apply to all municipal\/metro\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-3-2.jpg",1000,560,false],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-3-2.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ProProperty-Design-Template-1000x560-3-2.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Firas Qureshi","categories_name":["News"],"title_text":"Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation Issues New By-laws for Graveyards","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=5&exclude=14661","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}