Country Director of World Bank's South Asian Region Patchamuthu Illangovan in a meeting with the Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, here on Thursday, said that World Bank will continue every possible cooperation with the Punjab government. "The priorities of Punjab CM will be included in sectors of mutual cooperation and World Bank will continue close liaison with the provincial government in this regard," Illangovan said.
During the meeting, bilateral discussion was held to expand cooperation in different sectors including ongoing programmes of social sector development launched in collaboration with the World Bank. Both agreed to enhance cooperation in different sectors including tourism, urban development and environment in future.
Talking on the occasion, the CM said that World Bank is a strong partner of Punjab government and added that its cooperation with regard to social sector development is praiseworthy. "We appreciate the assistance of World Bank in health, education, skills development, agriculture and irrigation sectors," he added.
He said that PTI government is striving hard to improve the quality of life of the people and Prime Minister Imran Khan wants that every locality and area should progress homogeneously. He said that public resources will be spent on the welfare of the people and general public will be provided different facilities through enhanced capacity of public sector institutions. He said the Punjab government is going to start clean and green Punjab campaign as provision of neat and clean environment to the people is our responsibility.
Punjab government has also started taking different steps to remain safe from the smog and a Clean Commission is also be set up, he added. Moreover, the chief minister, while chairing the meeting of cabinet's standing committee on finance and development, directed that public sector departments should ensure implementation on financial discipline adding that any violation of rules and regulations will not be tolerated.
He said that steps should be taken to ensure transparency in financial matters. Similarly, departmental action should be taken against the violators of discipline and government policy, in this regard, should be followed. Talking to different delegations at the Punjab Civil Secretariat, the CM said that one-month performance of PTI government is far better than the previous tenures.
Solid steps have been taken by the incumbent government during the first 30 days and people have also witnessed a changed environment because of our performance, he claimed. He said that a zero-tolerance policy has been adopted against corruption in the province. Corruption will not be tolerated in any shape and the corrupt elements will not go scot-free, he added.
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