Punjab Cabinet Approves 35-point Agenda Including Ramadan Package 2019

Punjab Cabinet approves 35-point agenda including Ramadan Package 2019

Punjab cabinet has approved the Punjab Local Government Act 2019 and the draft of Water Act 2019, according to which a Water Resource Commission would be constituted

Lahore (Pakistan Point News / Online - 19th April, 2019) Punjab cabinet has approved the Punjab Local Government Act 2019 and the draft of Water Act 2019, according to which a Water Resource Commission would be constituted.Punjab Witness Act 2018, according to which a witness protection board would be constituted. The funds of Rs10bn approved for Punjab Thermal Power Pvt Ltd. Also approved amendments in Punjab Stamp Paper Rules 2016.A special report of Punjab Government's accounts also laid in the cabinet session.

The tribal area of Dera Ghazi Khan given the status of a Tehsil Koh-e-Suleman. Seats allocated for the medical students of tribal areas of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur in Ghazi Medical University. Also cabinet decided to shutdown South Punjab Forest Company.Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Usman Buzdar has approved 35-point agenda during the session of Punjab Cabinet today (Friday). The members have decided to give more subsidies to the people in the holy month of Ramzan for which, a committee under the supervision of trade and industry minister has been formed.The CM also gave go ahead to make Talib Rizvi as president of the Bank of Punjab. Earlier, government had decided to change the portfolios of four provincial ministers including Ajmal Cheema, Hussain Gardezi and Zawar Hussain, following a reshuffle in Punjab bureaucracy.