A ban has been imposed by the Chief Minster Usman Buzdar to hold Iftaar parties at government expenses in the province.
The ban will be applied on ministers, secretaries and other government authorities. We have to save every single penny and keeping in views the present economic situation we should carefully utilise our resources to prevent coronavirus. He said that we will have to strictly follow discipline in the utilisation of government resources. We are the custodian of national resources and the circumstances demand that government should provide maximum resources to deal with coronavirus.
The policy of “Stay home and Remain Safe” should strictly be followed during Ramazan for the protection of the citizens.
Later, Punjab government’s Central Lab of Corona Testing and Molecular Biologist In charge Andaleeb Hanif called on Usman Buzdar at CM’s office. The chief minister lauded the services of Andaleeb Hanif and other staff of the lab in Covid-19 testing.
Usman Buzdar also gave a cash prize to Andaleeb Hanif, whereas Provincial Minister for Health Dr Yasmeen Rashid gave her commendatory certificate. The CM announced an additional basic pay for the staff working in Punjab government’s corona testing lab which are operational round the clock. He said that the staff of the lab will be paid additional salary till the corona lab is functioning.
He said that the government appreciates the hard work of staff of the lab. He further announced that the staff of corona testing lab will get commendatory certificates as well. Usman Buzdar said it is the difficult time and the government will continue to discharge its obligations wholeheartedly. He said that there is a need to pay attention on research and development work and government will provide all out assistance in this regard.
The chief minister was briefed that the central lab has capacity to conduct two thousand tests on daily basis. He further announced so far more than 28 thousands patients have been tested from this lab. Provincial Minister Health Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, Secretary Primary & Secondary Healthcare Muhammad Usman were also present on this occasion.
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