Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that a comprehensive programme was being chalked out for urban development and to remove backwardness from the province.
Presiding over a high-level meeting at CM House here on Sunday, he said that a revolutionary programme was being implemented to enhance financial resources of the common man.
The Chief Minister said mega projects were being completed with a fast pace, adding that federal, provincial and district governments were effectively implementing the reform agenda, ensuring tangible results in various sectors. The mega projects would further strengthen the economy of the province, he added.
Pervaiz Elahi added that livestock sector could play a crucial role in poverty alleviation, strengthening rural economy and improving livelihood of the people, adding that government had taken special measures in that regard. Now, people are being provided loans for purchasing and keeping buffaloes, cows, sheep and goat, he said and asserted that that programme would be further expanded to improve rural economy.
Pervaiz Elahi said that effective planning was being made for the promotion of technical education, so that masses could find maximum job opportunities.
He said that health sector was also very much in focus and hefty grants had been allocated to ensure better and modern facilities to the patients. He added that availability of medicines and paramedical staff at healthcare units has been ensured. Government has planned establishment of a cancer hospital at Lahore, while trauma centres and burn units are being established throughout the province, he maintained. He said that agri marketing sector was being strengthened for better marketing of agri products and to ensure due prices of produces to the growers.