Amraiz Khan
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said that the PDM has entrapped itself a blind alley of politics as the masses have driven the last nail the coffin of negative politics.
“After failure to fulfill its resignation-threat, the long march call will also end in a fiasco because cabal of rejected elements can no more hoodwink the masses.”
Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar was talking with members of Punjab Assembly including women who called on him here on Wednesday. The MPAs who called on the CM included: MPA Sadia Sohail Rana, Sumaira Ahmed, Rasheeda Khanum, Mahindar Pal Singh, Muhammad Naeem Ibrahim, Muhammad Amir Anayat Shahani, Mehr Aslam Bharwana, Ch Faisal Farooq Cheema and a host of other parliamentarians. They apprised the chief minister of the problems being faced by people in their constituencies.
On the occasion, the CM claimed that the scope and volume of work done in two and a half years is far better than the performance spanning over 30 years. “Regrettably, the opposition did not refrain from negative politics even on the critical issue of corona but people rejected their political corruption”, Usman Buzdar pointed out, adding that timely decisions taken by the PTI-led government have acclaimed global acknowledgement while the opposition continued to create jangling discords for the sake of promoting its petty politics.
CM Buzdar said that the opposition will face defeat in the upcoming Senate election and PTI’s candidates will achieve a thumping victory with the grace of Allah SWT.
Chief Whip Syed Abbas Ali Shah and secretary good governance committee Col (R) Ijaz Hussain Manhais were also present.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar approved the plan for revamping the directorate general public relations (DGPR) department at a meeting attended by Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht, SACM Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, chief secretary, chairman P&D and DGPR to review the future roadmap.
The CM approved procurement of two DSNG vans along with the establishment of a state-of-the-art studio while four directorates will be technologized to meet the modern-day needs. The print media, electronic media, digital media, administration, advertisement, press laws, IT and legal sections will be rejigged and all the directorates will be provided with the latest information and communication technology tools to optimally perform, the meeting decided.
It was further decided, in principle, to give 25 per cent special allowance to officers and officials of their basic salaries. The CM directed that cabinet standing committee for finance and development will give final recommendations after a detailed review. He approved monetization policy for DGPR employees to procure leased vehicles from the Bank of Punjab.
Earlier, secretary information briefed about departmental performance and modernisation plans.
Meanwhile, CM Usman Buzdar felicitated Zara Naeem for creating a world record in the ACCA examination, saying that the whole nation is proud of her.
He expressed his satisfaction that Zara Naeem has brought laurels home and the PTI government is also following a policy of encouraging bright and talented students like her.
