Provincial Minister Ansar Majeed Khan Niazi and MPAs including Muhammad Amir Nawaz Khan, Ahsan ul Haq, Muhammad Afzal, Sania Kamran and Ahmed Khan Bachar called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar and discussed different matters of mutual interest. Talking on this occasion, Usman Buzdar said the rejected politicians are trying to save their politics but they have no future. He advised all such elements who are engaged in criticism for the sake of criticism to sweep before their doors and be answerable to the nation for their corruption. These elements have set world records of corruption in their tenure and the people have rejected these corrupted politicians, he said. He stated that people have not forgotten the loot and plunder of these elements nor their corrupt faces. He vowed the government will continue to counter every mafia under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The assembly members are my companions and I will take them along. Public welfare work will be done in the areas of assembly members with their consultation and parliamentarians should burn the midnight oil to solve the public problems. Chief Whip in Punjab Assembly Syed Abbas Ali Shah and Secretary Good Governance Committee Ejaz Hussain Manhais were also present. Chairman Punjab Food Authority (PFA) Umer Tanvir Butt presented a cheque of nine lakh rupees to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office for corona control fund. The CM thanked him adding that vulnerable segments are most affected by the coronavirus and it is a collective duty to help the destitute. The government is standing with the affectees and they are given every possible support, he added. The CM stated the government is the custodian of every penny donated to this fund and funds will be given to the needy with utmost honesty. The government is fully dedicated to providing relief to the needy, he added. It is the time to serve the ailing humanity but opposition leaders have tried to exploit the situation for their political purposes. It is condemnable to divide the nation and opposition leaders should realize facts because their negative politics has been buried, he concluded. Chairman Punjab Education Foundation Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi and parliamentary secretary (housing) Malik Taimur were also present. Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has taken notice of agitation in Gujrat jail and upon his direction, nine jail officials, including a Warden, have been suspended along-with the direction to register the case. While presiding over a meeting, the CM directed to put complaint boxes in jails along with the directions to prepare a list of corrupt jail officials. He also asked the special branch to submit a situation report by visiting the Gujrat jail. He vowed that those engaged in cruelty and injustice in jails will be made a horrible example and they will have to be answerable in this life and hereafter. He directed that a case be registered against the superintendent for overcharging in the canteen and the one involved in cruelty will be locked in the same jail. The corrupt officials of the special branch should also mend their ways, he warned. The CM announced that he will examine the situation by visiting different jails and orders will be issued on the spot. The corrupt rob helpless people like a dacoit. He directed that jail discipline should be ensured and warned that torture is not acceptable. He directed that a foolproof mechanism of provision of essentials items to prisoners by their families be devised and special committees be constituted in every region to solve the problems of the prisoners. He further directed that prisoners should be provided with every item at market rate in jail canteen. The government has given attention to the jail reforms after 72 years and the prison act has also been promulgated for the welfare of the prisoners. Action will be taken for not submitting a prior report about agitation and restlessness in jail, the CM added. Law Minister Raja Basharat, Chief Secretary, ACS (Home), IG Jails and others attended the meeting. Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has expressed a deep sense of sorrow over the loss of precious human lives due to collision between a train and the van near Farooq Abad. He has extended sympathies to the bereaved heirs and directed the health department to provide the best treatment facilities to the injured.