Staff Reporter
The appointments of secretaries, cabinet meetings, weekly visits of provincial ministers and other measures have been put forwarded to Prime Minister Imran Khan during his Friday visit with the aim to make South Punjab secretariat functional.
The prime minister chaired a meeting on South Punjab attended by MNAs and MPAs from the area, where he was briefed in detail on measures needed to make it functional.
It was informed that efforts were underway to make it fully functional and a committee is being formed to address the issues faced by the region and the secretariat.
It was briefed that appointments would be made against the existing vacancies at the South Punjab secretariat while cabinet meetings would also be held to make to ensure that it is made functional on an immediate basis.
The provincial ministers would also be directed to ensure a weekly sitting at the secretariat. Prime Minister Imran Khan directed to provide all needed facilities to the secretariat.
Meanwhile, it was decided to take action against the officials who changed the status of the South Punjab secretariat.
A committee was formed to identify the officials involved in the entire episode.
The sources claimed that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stressed during the meeting for action against the officials who were involved in issuing a notification to change the status of the South Punjab secretariat.
