LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar inaugurated the new examination centre of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) at Johar Town on Wednesday. He examined the security arrangements and other facilities being provided to the candidates. The four-storey centre has been established on an area of 10 Kanal with an amount of Rs 36 crore.
24 exam halls are set up for around five thousand candidates. The chief minister expressed the hope that digital information system will help the candidates to seek necessary information and added that the same latest system should also be adopted in other departments.
He said that the role of PPSC is pivotal in bringing out talented candidates having a passion for public service. Merit is the foundation of the new Pakistan and it will be promoted at every level, he added.
He further said that only those nations excel who encourage and promote merit-based talent. The government has promoted a merit-based culture and recruitments are being made purely on merit, he added.
Chairman PPSC Lt Gen (R) Maqsood Ahmad, PPSC members and others were also present on the occasion.
CM reviews proposals for fixing new support prices of wheat and sugarcane
Chief Minister Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting at his office in which proposals regarding fixing new support prices of sugarcane and wheat were reviewed.
The chief minister said that interests of sugarcane and wheat growers will be protected by the government. He directed to conduct a comprehensive survey for estimating the production cost for fixing new support prices adding that farmers will also be consulted and they will be given full price of their hard work.
The PTI government has ensured payment of more than 99.7 per cent of past dues to sugarcane growers and it is a farmer-friendly government in the real sense, he further stated.
Meanwhile, farmers will be given subsidy and other incentives through credit card program as the government is working for the promotion of agriculture sector as well as enhancing the income of the farmers, he said.
The Punjab government will fulfil its commitment of change through new agriculture policy, he concluded.
Provincial ministers Malik Nauman Langrial, Samiullah Ch, Muhammad Aslam Iqbal, secretaries of finance, food and industries departments and others also attended the meeting.
