Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said that Pakistani industrialists have always come forward for assistance in the time of trials. He said that Punjab government has allowed some industries to operate but the observance of SOPs has been declared mandatory for those industries.
He was talking to Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) Chairman Mian Kashif Ashfaq who called on him at his office and presented a cheque worth Rs 40 lakh for CM Fund for Corona Control on behalf of industrialists of Faisalabad. He also presented a donation of N95 and surgical masks, PPEs, disinfection material and other equipment amounting to Rs 35 lakh on behalf of two Chinese companies Time Ceramics and Henan DR.
Usman Bazdar lauded the philanthropic passion of industrialists and Chinese companies and thanked Kashif Ashfaq for his enthusiasm in this difficult time. He said that contribution of Faisalabad’s industrialists in corona relief fund is commendable.
He maintained that more industries will be allowed to start their operations as the situation is improved. The CM directed to accelerate the speed of work on Allama Iqbal Industrial City as it is the flagship project of CPEC and Chairman FIEDMC Kashif Ashfaq should move it forward with more speed. The government will continue extending its cooperation for the early completion of this project, he added.
The CM also congratulated the Chinese leadership for speedily overcoming the coronavirus pandemic adding that the donation of necessary equipment is a reflection of the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries.
The CM has taken notice of agitation of patients at Expo Centre’s field hospital and sought a report from minister and secretary of the Health Department. He directed to arrange the best healthcare facilities for the patients.
CM Usman Buzdar has fulfilled the promise of providing job to a physically handicapped youth Bilal Ahmad who met him during a recent visit to Chishtian and requested for employment. The CM directed the DC Bahawalnagar to immediately arrange a job for him. Now, the youth has been given employment in THQ Chishtian and the employment letter has also been handed over to him by the DC.
The CM presided over a meeting at his office on Friday to review the new cleanliness system of Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC). It has been proposed in the new system to divide Lahore into six zones. Urban localities will be divided into four zones while rural areas will be divided into two zones and garbage will be collected from homes through vehicles. The citizens will hand over their garbage to the vehicles. The shortage of containers will also be fulfilled and tracking system will be installed in garbage collecting vehicles. The meeting was told that garbage will be handed over to five transfer stations for its onward transfer to landfill sites.
Usman Buzdar has launched a new book for promoting early childhood education (ECE) in the province. He has also congratulated Schools Education Minister Murad Raas and his team for compiling a new book adding that it has been prepared according to present-day needs and requirements of the students.
