Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and the United Nations delegation held a meeting and agreed to strengthen cooperation in various sectors.
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan Muhammad Yahya along with a 22-member delegation met with Punjab Punjab Chief. The delegation included local presidents of UN bodies.
Both sides agreed to boost cooperation in various sectors including education health, and agriculture. They also exchanged views on running developmental projects with the support of UN bodies. Martyam informed the delegation about education, health sector reforms, and government policies. She told the delegation that Punjab’s agriculture sector has full potential to transform Pakistan’s economy.
She reiterated that development and reforms in every sector were her priority. She said her government was dedicated to resolving public crisis on a priority basis.
She shared her government agenda and running welfare projects. The public will be facilitated with reforms very soon. For the very first time, the officer’s grading system is being devised for service delivery and good governance.
The agenda to build 0.1 million homes with the cooperation of UN bodies will soon be accomplished.
She said she had a vision to empower the underprivileged financially and wanted every woman financially stable and empowered.
She asserted that her government mission was to serve the public. She disclosed plans that a tax-free garments city was being built which would provide free training and scholarships for six months to women.
The Punjab government is devising a waste management plan for every city across Punjab. She said that Nawaz Sharif IT City will become Pakistan’s Silicon Valley.
Maryam Nawaz stated that her government was devising an effective system to provide complete health facilities in every district of Punjab.
She highlighted the health projects saying, that 2,500 basic health units, 300 rural health centers, and big hospitals were being re-vamped. The first public-sector cancer hospital is being built in Lahore. Free medicines were being provided to citizens with contagious diseases for two months on their doorstep.
She highlighted that free meals were being provided in schools for children’s nutrition.
The government will assist farms in rural areas for the growth of livestock. Interest-free loans and machinery will be provided to small farmers.
The first virtual police station has been established.
