Punjab Governor and Aab-e-Pak Authority Patron-in-Chief Chaudhry Sarwar said his promise to provide clean and safe drinking water to people of Punjab would be fulfilled at all costs. He said this authority would ensure cent per cent transparency and merit.
According to details, the Aab-e-Pak Authority board meeting, held at Governor’s House on Wednesday, was chaired by authority’s Patron-in-Chief Chaudhry Sarwar. Authority Chairman Gen (retd) Nawaz Saleem Mela, Secretary to Governor Dr Rashid Mansoor, Board Member Gohar Ijaz, SMBR Babar Hayat Tarar, P&D, Public Health and Housing Department, Local Government Department and other relevant departments’ officials attended the meeting.
Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority’s board has granted approval to authority’s PC-1 and other administrative matters.
A three-member HR committee was also constituted under the chairmanship of Nawaz Saleem Mela. The authority will start recruitment process for the hiring of a consultant and staff will begin from next month.
After the meeting, the governor told the media that the Local Government and Community Development Department had attended the meeting and assured the board its support at grassroots level. He said the HR committee would ensure recruitment of authority’s staff on merit to help authority emerge as a strong institution. He said the authority would work round-the-clock and the promise to provide clean drinking water to people of Punjab be fulfilled.
He said that the people were facing severe economic crisis alongside serious health issues. Since the business community is facing serious problems in the wake of lockdown, he said the government was making efforts to switch towards smart lockdown. However, if the industries failed to meet the agreed upon SOPs during smart lockdown, he said there would be more harm than good.
