Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, while chairing a meeting, here on Thursday, reviewed preparations regarding elections for "Village Panchayat & Neighbourhood Councils" and Local Bodies and directed to complete electoral rolls by the first week of December.
The meeting was informed that the Village Panchayat & Neighbourhood Councils elections will be held in the first phase and LB elections will be held in the second phase. A total of 455 local governments will be established in the province, the CM said, adding: "Punjab government has given approval to amendments in Punjab Local Government Act, 2019 regarding grant of voting right to minorities on general seats along with reserve seats."
New local bodies system is in accordance with people's aspirations while past local bodies institutions failed in solving people's problems, he said.
Steps regarding implementation on Punjab Municipal Services Programme were also reviewed.
The chief minister said that delimitations of local areas have been completed by the Punjab government and preparations of election rolls under Punjab Local Government Act, 2019 is in progress, as well.
He maintained that new local bodies system will play an important role in resolving problems of the people at their doorsteps. He added that local bodies' institutions will be made financially autonomous and the people living in rural areas will also be empowered.
Punjab Municipal Services Programme will be helpful in completing repair and maintenance of roads and other public-oriented projects at the grassroots, he added.
Secretary Local Government briefed about preparations regarding Village Panchayat & Neighbourhood Councils elections and local governments elections. Provincial Ministers Raja Basharat, Hashim Jawan Bakhat, Chief Secretary, Chairman P&D, SMBR and others attended the meeting.
Moreover, talking to the Federal Minister Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri, the CM said that Pakistan needs unity than ever before adding that national development process will have to be completed jointly because the country belongs to all of us.
He added that national interest dominates personal interest and every segment of the society should play its role in national development. The PTI government has laid the foundation of a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan and we are moving towards materializing the dream of Quaid-e-Azam about a developed Pakistan, Sardar Usman said.
He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has given a message of brotherhood and peace to the whole world through the Kartarpur Corridor project. He added that all the religious minorities in Punjab province enjoy equal rights and provincial government is also introducing different projects of minorities' welfare and development.
Furthermore, due to the personal efforts of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, a separate 132KV grid station will be set up for the tribal areas of DG Khan with an amount of Rs one billion.
Giving the details, Usman Buzdar said that grid station will be set up in Barthi Khas along with 49km long transmission line to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply. Meanwhile, the power division has directed to prepare the PC-1 for this purpose.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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