The 25th meeting of the provincial cabinet was held at the south Punjab secretariat, under the chair of caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi.
The cabinet approved increasing the minimum wages to Rs 32,000 and the CM ordered to ensure implementation of the decision to provide relief to employees, said a handout, issued here on Monday. 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 to the government medical and dental colleges. It approved 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 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 and Multan Ring Road projects. The CM ordered to complete projects in south Punjab at the earliest. It was decided to entrust the responsibility of making dispensaries functional and operational on 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 Punjabs education landscape under the school adoption programme. The cabinet also extended the contracts of the employees of the Violence Against Women Centre 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 Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department.
The provincial policy for safeguarding nationwide network of oil pipelines system, names of personalities for the Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal and President Police Medal .
