Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Saeed has ordered deputy commissioners of 16 districts to ensure the best possible arrangements for national census with the direction to all the officers and officials concerned to take part in the census considering it a national duty. The Chief Secretary was presiding over a video link meeting of deputy commissioner at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday.
The CS said that all deputy commissioners should regularly review security and other necessary measures. He said the staff should perform their duty diligently, honestly and responsibly in order to make process of census transparent and credible. He directed that process of enrolment, education and examination should not be affected due to teachers' duty for census. He ordered that provision of best medical facilities, availability of medicines, missing facilities and cleanliness is ensured in all the district headquarters (DHQ) and tehsil headquarters (THQ) hospitals in the province and directed deputy commissioners to regularly visit health facilities.