LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over a meeting to review a strategy regarding the provision of potable water in the light of the recommendations put forward at the two-day international seminar on a clean drinking water.
The Pakistan’s consular in Beijing, Planning and Development chairman, Urban Unit CEO, housing secretary, energy secretary and consultant from renowned German firm attended the meeting.
It was decided in the meeting, to reconstitute the board of the Punjab Saaf Pani Company and that the services of competent and experienced experts from the water sector would be hired.
Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that the potable water project is a huge multi-dimensional plan and the project will be advanced in a professional manner.
He regretted the delay in the project due to inefficient and negligence of former officers of the company and assured the implementation without wasting any more time. The officers responsible for the delay in the project will be held accountable and they will be taken to the task, he added.
The CM said that the negligence of the past will be compensated and the project will be advanced in phases with zeal and determination, and services of consultants of the World Bank will be hired.
Shehbaz Sharif said that a clear and comprehensive plan should be evolved for the effective implementation of the potable water project and final recommendation should be presented in this regard in seven days.
He said that this is the time to take practical measures and there should not be rhetoric anymore on the subject so that potable water could be provided to the people of Punjab as it is the basic right of every citizen.
CM reviews 100-Bed Murree Hospital Project
The project of the 100-bed mother and childcare hospital in Murree was discussed in detail in a meeting presided over by the CM.
Punjab’s Specialised Health and Medical Education Minister Khwaja Salman Rafique and Punjab’s Infrastructure Development Authority chief executive officer attended the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the CM said that the 100-bed hospital should be completed in planned time and work on this project should be carried out at the fast-track.
He said that the provision of the best medical facilities to the people of Punjab at their doorsteps is the top priority of the provincial government and for this purpose, all-out resources are being utilised.
He ordered the authorities concerned that geo-tagging and other important affairs of the hospital should be completed at the earliest.
CM directs provision of CT scan machines to all DHQs
The measures to improve the healthcare system were discussed in detail in a meeting presided over by the CM.
Addressing the meeting, Shehbaz Sharif said that billions of rupees had been spent to provide the best health facilities to the people of Punjab and the benefits of these steps in the health sector should reach the people at any cost.
The CM said a plan has been made by the government to provide the CT scan machines to all DHQs at the district level and these machines will be outsourced and the CT scan facility will be available round-the-clock at DHQs.
“The service to the mankind is the best way to worship Allah, and we have to work with determination and a kind heart to provide the best health facilities to the people”, he added.
He said that the traditional system of the healthcare should be replaced with the advanced and developed one.
All the projects that I wanted Imran Khan to initiate have been initiated with full zeal by CM Punjab. He's surely doing a wonderful job. IK is a symbol of failed governance.
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