Daily Times

The second meeting of the provincial cabinet was held at the Chief Minister’s Office under Punjab CM Sardar Usman Buzdar.

Several important decisions were taken at the meeting which continued for five and a half hours. The meeting decided that the chief minister and all provincial ministers will donate their one month salary to the Prime Minister’s Dam Fund. Addressing the meeting, CM Sardar Usman Buzdar said the construction of dams is drastically needed and PM Imran Khan has won the hearts of the nation by announcing the dams’ fund and “we totally support this fund”.

The cabinet approved the Cabinet Standing Committee for Finance & Development and the Cabinet Standing Committee for Constitutional Affairs. The cabinet also approved the constitutions of the steering committee on the implementation of 100-day programme of Imran Khan under senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan. Sub committees have also been constituted for the in time implementation of 15 measures and projects concerning Punjab. CM Usman Buzdar said the progress on the 100-day programme will be reviewed and the report on the progress will be submitted to the CM Office every week. Stakeholders of various sectors will be taken into confidence for the finalisation of policy and recommendations. The alleviation of poverty from the deprived areas of Punjab, promotion of tourism industry, agriculture reforms for the enhancement of production power of farmers, agriculture market, livestock reforms, national water policy, constitution of water master plant policy, health and education reforms, women development, provision of clean drinking water, construction of 5,000,000 homes, environmental changes and step of champion green growth are included in the 100-day agenda.

The cabinet also constituted a committee consisting of Provincial Ministers Raja Basharat and Chaudhary Zahreeuddin to decide about use of luxurious vehicles retrieved from companies and authorities.

Published in Daily Times, September 9^th 2018.