PM Khan urges Punjab cabinet to work tirelessly for implementation of 100 days agenda
Khan says performance of the Punjab government should be a trend setter for rest of the provinces
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday presided over a meeting of the Punjab cabinet to discuss various reforms in Lahore at the CM Secretariat.
During the meeting, he decided to introduce Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-like local govt system in Punjab and free the province’s police from political influence.
The prime minister said that the elimination of corrupt practices in Punjab was one of the biggest challenges and stressed upon the Punjab cabinet members to make it their first priority to identify corrupt practices and take strict action against the corrupt elements.
Khan said that the performance of the Punjab government should be a trend setter for rest of the provinces.
He expressed serious concern over land grabbing and encroachments in the province in general and Lahore in particular and directed that mafias and big groups, who had been involved in encroachments and land grabbing, must be taken to task.
Imran Khan also emphasized the need of austerity and simplicity, and said that the cabinet members should set an example while remaining at the forefront to remove extravagance on taxpayers’ money at all levels.
“We must invest on human development while rationalising our expenditures simultaneously with austerity and simplicity because Pakistan has the lowest Human Development Index in the region,” he added.
The prime minister while felicitating the provincial cabinet members on assuming their portfolios said that huge responsibility lay on their shoulders as Punjab was the biggest province of the country in terms of population.
He urged the provincial cabinet to work tirelessly for implementation of 100 days agenda of the present government to bring a visible change in the socio-economic spheres of the people’s lives, adding that he would be frequently visiting the province and would remain at the forefront to oversee the First 100 Days Agenda.
On the occasion, the cabinet members also shared their ideas and proposals, concerning their departments, with the premier.
