Corruption in projects no longer prevalent: CM
Says previous govts neglected priorities of people through ‘exhibitory projects’
Punjab CM Usman Buzdar. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE:
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said timely completion of development schemes is important to facilitate the citizens and the sustained monitoring will ensure efficiency and transparency. “The menace of corruption, in development projects, is a thing of the past and no one will be allowed any wrongdoing now because development schemes are executed through hard earned money of the people.”
Buzdar made these remarks while speaking to ministers and parliamentarians at his office on Monday. Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ejaz Alam, Punjab Energy Minister Muhammad Akhtar Malik, MNA Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari and MPAs Mahindar Pall Singh, Saleem Akhtar and Ghulam Ali Asghar were present on the occasion and discussed matters of mutual interest.
Buzdar approves revamping of DGPR
Lahore
LAHORE:Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has approved revamping the Directorate General Public Relations (DGPR).
The chief minister accorded this approval while addressing a meeting attended by Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht, SACM Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, chief secretary, Planning and Development chairman and DGPR to review the future roadmap.
The chief minister approved procurement of two Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) vans along with the establishment of a state-of-the-art studio while four directorates would be technologised to meet the modern day needs. The print media, electronic media, digital media, administration, advertisement, press laws, IT and legal sections will be re-jigged and all the directorates will be provided with the latest information and communication technology tools to optimally perform, the meeting decided. It was further decided, in principle, to give 25 percent special allowance to officers against
National
February 18, 2021
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said the PDM had been entrapped in a political blind alley as the masses have put an end to negative politics.
After the failure of resignation-threat, the long march call will also end in a fiasco as rejected cabal cannot cheat the people, he stated. He was talking to a delegation of parliamentarians which called on him here and apprised him about the problems of their constituencies.
The CM issued directions for the solution of constituency-related problems while pointing out that women parliamentarians were always included in the consultation process. Usman Buzdar said he did not believe in a one-man show and supported the philosophy of teamwork.
Minister admits ignoring Pakistan s minorities
2020 has seen an unusual rise in forced conversions of underage girls, hate speech and sectarianism
Mahindar Pall Singh speaks at the National Conference on the Situation of Religious Minorities in Pakistan in Lahore on Dec. 16. (Photo: Kamran Chaudhry)
Punjab’s provincial parliamentary secretary for human rights, Mahindar Pall Singh, has acknowledged the negligence of his government in protecting religious minorities.
“It is difficult for me to admit but I openly accept that our progress is weak. We shall definitely focus on it next year. The issues of minorities must be solved without hurting the majority. We cannot avoid religion. Only law-making can change attitudes,” he said.