LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a meeting at his office here on Friday to review the coronavirus situation and it was decided to take steps for stopping the increasing cases of coronavirus in Lahore.
The meeting also decided to send recommendations to the Centre for further strict restrictions of SOPs. A separate strategy will be implemented in Lahore after the approval of the federal government.
The meeting was told that the situation is critical in Lahore due to non-compliance of SOPs by the people. More than half of the coronavirus cases in Punjab are from Lahore and violations of SOPS are being witnessed in markets and commercial areas. The meeting noted the cases are increasing due to the non-compliance of the policy of social distancing, use of face masks and other precautionary measures and required public cooperation was not being provided in Lahore for ensuring compliance of SOPs. Therefore, the increased number of coronavirus patients has become a tocsin.
The meeting was further told that NDMA will set up 300 HDU-beds hospital in Punjab and the Punjab government will provide 300 DHU-beds in different hospitals of numerous cities in the province. The CM directed that there should be no dearth of injections required for coronavirus patients in Punjab. He informed that around 700 injections will be provided to the government hospitals within one week and its distribution will be made according to the number of patients.
Moreover, provincial Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja called on Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office and discussed matters relating to budget session of the Punjab Assembly. Both also discussed safety measures for saving the MPAs from coronavirus during the session.
The CM directed that precautionary measures should be efficiently implemented as the budget session is being held in a local hotel, instead of the Punjab Assembly. The CM added that solving the economic difficulties of the common man is the priority of the government and a relief-oriented budget will be presented despite difficult circumstances. Unnecessary expenditures will be decreased, he said.
The CM while chairing a meeting about Punjab budget 2020-21 rejected the proposal of deduction in the salaries of government employees.
The meeting discussed different budget-related proposals and the CM directed that subsidy culture should be discouraged in the upcoming budget. He further directed that the cycle of unnecessary expenditures should be totally stopped in government departments and any shortage should be fulfilled by making the best use of the human resource.
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