‘Developers of illegal societies to be penalised’
Lahore
February 10, 2021
LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Law and Cooperatives Raja Basharat has said that those who developed illegal housing societies across the province would have to face punishment and on the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan as protection to the savings of the poor people would be ensured.
He stated this while chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee for Housing, Construction and Development on Tuesday. The committee considered a plan of action to launch a crackdown on illegal housing societies in the province. Raja Basharat said that decades-old illegal societies had not been regularised so far and no action has been taken against anyone while savings of millions of people had sunk into these societies. He said that the committee would determine the causes of illegal societies and private and government officials involved therein.
CM’s Corona Fund to be used for vaccine procurement, says minister
Lahore
February 4, 2021
LAHORE:The Chief Minister s COVID-19 Fund will be used for vaccine procurement while the decision of vaccination to the government employees or only deserving people would be made in the light of the recommendations of the finance and health departments.
These views were expressed by Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht while presiding over the 52nd meeting of the Cabinet Standing Committee on Finance and Development at the Chief Minister s Secretariat here on Wednesday. Other participants in the meeting included Provincial Minister for Industry and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal, Advisor to the Chief Minister for Economic Affairs Dr Salman Shah and secretaries of relevant departments.
Strict security arranged for vaccine
Doses reach all Punjab districts for inoculation of health staff
A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
LAHORE:
Coronavirus vaccine has been delivered to all 36 districts of Punjab amid strict security arrangements.
The provincial primary and secondary healthcare departments sought cooperation from all relevant agencies for the transportation, storage and management of the vaccine.
According to the health secretary, the high demand for the vaccine and the importance of the exercise for the country prompted the authorities to also make security arrangements to avert any theft or replacement of the consignments, terrorist attack or accident during the transportation. The vaccine was delivered in vehicles having the cold-storage facility under police surveillance.
Forget about NRO, minister tells opposition
Lahore
January 19, 2021
LAHORE:Provincial Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal regretted that the opposition, which weakened the state institutions in the past, is attempting to siege the institutions now for some political gains. He advised the opposition to forget about the NRO as PM Imran Khan has waged an arduous campaign against corruption and the fight against corruption would be brought to its logical end.
Talking to a delegation of party workers at his camp office on Monday, the minister said the people had fully foiled every conspiracy of the opposition. The opposition leaders should shun their negative and undemocratic attitude forthwith, he advised. The people snatched away power from the looters in 2018 and the negative politics of the corrupt will be buried in the elections of 2023, he continued.
Peshawar
January 18, 2021
LAHORE: Lahore Waste Management Company’s (LWMC) deadline to bring the City to zero waste level has passed, but heaps of garbage could be seen on roads.
Sources in the company revealed that specific operations were being done on main roads only to give a clean look to the city whereas internal roads and localities were being ignored.
Sources revealed that the LWMC’s management has also started picking up C&D waste and cow dung from various city areas to show the increase its daily tonnage. Lifting C&D waste (building material waste) and cow dung from the city was not the responsibility of the LWMC and in past whenever its Turkish contractors did so the company imposed heavy fines on them.