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Development work halted in Punjab, LHC told

Development work halted in Punjab, LHC told July 29, 2021 LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday told the Lahore High Court that development works in the province had been halted and day to day affairs were being run through administrators only. Chief Secretary Jawad Rafiq Malik stated this during the hearing of petitions seeking implementation of the Supreme Court’s judgement about restoration of the local governments in the province. The top bureaucrat told the court that the committee formed to implement the judgment held its first meeting on Friday. He said the committee sought two weeks to come up with a plan for the restoration of the LG system. Lahore city’s lord mayor retired Col Mubashir Javed and other representatives opposed the request of the government for more time.

Flood contingency plan reviewed

Flood contingency plan reviewed LAHORE: Expressing concern over an increase in roof-collapse and electrocution incidents in the last few weeks due to heavy rains, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee asked all departments concerned to finalise a strategy to deal with such emergencies. The meeting, chaired by Provincial Minister Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti and Punjab Chief Secretary Jawad Rafique Malik, reviewed arrangements for dealing with possible floods and the situation caused by monsoon rains. It was also decided in the meeting to ban bathing in all rivers and streams across the province. Addressing the meeting, Bhatti said with better planning, natural calamities such as floods could be dealt with effectively. The departments should pay special attention to enhance their capacity to deal with natural disasters, he remarked.

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