: The 25th meeting of the provincial cabinet was held at the south Punjab secretariat in Multan under the chair of caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi.
The cabinet approved to increase the minimum salary of workers to Rs.32000 and the CM directed to ensure the implementation of the decision to provide relief to them. The cabinet gave a big relief to the disabled, elderly and students by allowing them to travel for free on the metro bus service and orange line metro train. The cabinet approved the facility of free travel on the orange line metro train and metro bus service for disabled persons, senior citizens and students.
The cabinet also approved the committee’s recommendations regarding admission policy for session 2023-24 in government medical & dental colleges. It approved the formation of a cabinet committee to deal with smog and the CM ordered effective measures to deal with it. The cabinet approved the launch of an endowment fund worth one billion rupees for the welfare of journalists and their families. The CM directed the secretaries to conduct field visits on Wednesday.
The cabinet was briefed about the mega development projects of south Punjab, including the annual development program and road repair and maintenance schemes, and Lahore, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar motorway & Multan ring road projects. The CM directed to complete the projects in south Punjab soon.
It was decided to entrust the responsibility of making the dispensaries functional and operational in the premises of the high courts of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Multan to the Punjab Health Facilities Management Company (PHFMC). It was decided to expand the scope of Punjab’s education landscape under the school adoption program. The cabinet also extended the contracts of the employees of the Violence Against Women Center Multan and appointed a chairman and member for the LDA Commission. It was approved to transfer the management of Haji Abdul Qayyum Teaching Hospital Sahiwal from the specialized healthcare & medical education department to the primary & secondary health department. The provincial policy for safeguarding the nationwide network of oil pipelines system, names of personalities for the Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal and President Police Medal and the establishment of the Punjab Mental Health Authority under the Punjab Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2014 were approved as well.
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