Punjab Chief Minister would announce special package for women on March 8, said Punjab, Minister for Finance Kamran Michael on Tuesday during a Punjab Assembly session. The PA took questions regarding social welfare and women development department with Rana Muhammad Iqbal in chair.
Kamran Michael responding to a question said that provincial government had taken a number of steps for the development of women. “The CM would announce special package for the women on international day for women on March 8th,” he added.
PML-Q member Sheikh Alla-ud-Din termed Fort Road Food Street as a source of destroying the eating habits of citizens and said that it had nothing to do with the culture of Lahore.
The Speaker Rana Mohammed Iqbal Khan remarked that people should be allowed to have the food of their choice but Sheikh insisted that his resolution should be taken up for discussion and the Speaker should postpone the resolution till the next week. The PML-Q unification bloc member Sheikh in an adjournment motion said that Food Street at Fort Road had been a costly venture. He said that at a time when people were facing price hike, unemployment and inflation, a Food Street seemed like a luxury. He said that the said Food Street had been set up in the name of culture and had been adorned with traditional food, cuisines and musical instruments. “Media viewed it as a great achievement but in reality its foods were far from the reach of an ordinary citizen who couldn’t afford to pay the heavy price of food there,” he said adding that some elements were busy in giving rise to the prevailing sense of discrimination and hatred among people.
He went on to say that in reality, the city of Lahore seemed divided into several classes as the areas of Gulberg, Cantt, Defence reflected a different Lahore whereas parts like Mozang, Wassan Pura and Dharampura showcased the contrary. Alla-ud-din also stated that government should have created a balance of prices to benefit the people, added that class discrimination had further been aggravated with one class managing to afford one kg meat of lamb whereas the other, could only afford the luxury of mutton on Eid.
