Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday inaugurated Chief Minister’s Complaints Centre at his office while listening to a complaint of a citizen.
Addressing the ceremony, Usman Buzdar said that PTI government has fulfilled yet another promise as the complaints centre had been established in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The chief minister said that the scope of the centre will be extended to the whole of the province. He said that people from remote areas would be specialty facilitated. “I shall personally monitor this centre and it will be made to work as an effective organ to facilitate the needy public,” CM said, adding that complaints would be resolved from three days to two weeks time frame.
Replying to a question, he said that he himself is a witness to the problems of southern Punjab. According to CM, work is being done on creation of southern Punjab province and separate committees had been constituted in Punjab and the federal level while Prime Minister Imran Khan would announce southern Punjab package soon.
To another question, he said that no U-turn had been taken with regard to release of discretionary funds as a proper procedure was being followed for the release of such funds.
The chief minister said that a lot of work has been done on the draft of new local bodies system and added that he had not given a final statement in this regard. The draft of new local bodies system will be approved by provincial cabinet and then it will be presented to the assembly, he added.
“I’ll also give a media briefing about the 100-day performance of the Punjab government,” the CM said.
Usman Buzdar said that dispute resolution committees were being formed to solve public disputes at the grassroots level. He further added that posting and transfer was the prerogative of the government and authority and powers of every government post had been identified in the constitution.
“I am a fully empowered chief minister and no one could use the authority of anybody else as powers of the governors, chief ministers, speaker and ministers are clearly mentioned in the constitution.
Published in Daily Times, November 29th 2018.