Daily Times

Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired meeting of national and provincial assembly members at 90-SQA. During five hours long meeting session national and provincial assembly members apprised the chief minister about problems of their respective constituencies.

Ongoing progress about development projects being taken for Rawalpindi division also came under review. National and provincial assembly members also put forth their recommendations with regard to annual development programme for next fiscal year.

Usman Buzdar also ordered to hold inquiry to probe embezzlements in the constructions of small dams at Photohar during previous government tenure and further directed that Chairman Chief Minister Inspection team will undertake investigation of this matter and will soon submit its report to CM Office. He also directed to take legal action against such housing schemes being setup without getting NOC. Usman Buzdar while addressing the participants said that land mafia grabbing state lands will be taken to its logical end and operation against land grabbers will continue without yielding to any pressure, he vowed.

He also announced that construction of ring road project will soon be initiated in Rawalpindi and also directed C&W Department to settle necessary matters regarding Rawalpindi ring road project. Setting up Ghandhara University in Taxila will also be reviewed, he added. Project of setting up new vegetable market in Rawalpindi will be launched in Annual Development Programme of next fiscal year. He further stated that he has already directed to take indiscriminate action against hoarders and illegal profiteers and district price control committees have been made active and vibrant in this regard. We will go to the last extent for providing relief to the masses, he stressed. He further said that construction work of Fateh Jhang, Pindi Gheb Road will soon be started.

Project of Mother and Child Hospital will be included in the next budget while trauma center will also be setup in Attock. He said that new universities are being setup in Rawalpindi and water problem for Rawalpindi residents will also be resolved. 100-bed hospital and project of postgraduate college in Kahota will also be included in the new budget while Trauma Center in Gujjar Khan will also be made functional. Government has formulated concrete strategy for resolving problems of the masses of every district, he maintained. Health and educational facilities will further be improved in Rawalpindi, Chakwal, Jhelum and Attock. Usman Buzdar on receiving public complaints ordered to transfer Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue and also directed CMIT to hold inquiry against ADCR Jhelum. All possible steps will be adopted for improving traffic system in Rawalpindi division and effective traffic management is essential in Rawalpindi city he emphasized. Suggestion for shifting WASA tube-wells to solar panels is viable and will also be reviewed.

A comprehensive policy is also being formulated for the up-gradation of schools. Wah Cantt General Hospital will be made district headquarter level hospital and special grant will be allocated for the development projects of Wah Cantt area. Rural Health Center Dina after upgrading it will be made Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, he added. He also directed Shehr-e-Khamoshan Authority to take expeditious measure for making new graveyard in Jhelum. He also directed that construction and repair of Talagang Road will be done forthwith.

Dialysis facility at Rawalpindi Urology Institute will soon be provided. He also directed concerned officials to complete tourism projects for promoting tourism at the earliest. He further said that we have come into power to provide relief to the masses and officers who do not deliver and work efficiently has no place in Punjab. He also issued on the spot directions for resolving various problems of national and provincial assembly members. National and provincial assembly members from Rawalpindi division, Chief Secretary, Inspector General Police, SMBR, Chairman Chief Minister Inspection Team, Secretaries of provincial departments, Commissioner, RPO and CPO Rawalpindi Division and Deputy Commissioners and DPOs of Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Attock and Chakwal also participated in the meeting.

Meanwhile, a spokesman of the Punjab government has contradicted a news item aired at City 42 channel about the meetings of Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar with MNAs and MPAs and added that City 42 channel aired concocted and contrary to facts news about divisional meetings. The spokesman said that the purpose of meetings with MNAs and MPAs is to review progress on development projects and proposals of assembly members are also solicited about the annual development programme of the next financial year.

The assembly members identify problems of their constituencies and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar issues directions to the concerned officials on the proposals of the assembly members, he added.

The spokesman further said that provincial administration, police officials and representatives of concerned districts attend meetings adding that Punjab government reserves the right of legal action against the said channel and the reporter for airing baseless news.