Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar planted a sapling at chief minister's office on Wednesday under Plant for Pakistan campaign. Minister for forest Muhammad Sabtain Khan was also present on the occasion. The chief minister and forest minister prayed for success of the campaign after planting the sapling. Secretary forest and others were also present on the occasion.
Talking on the occasion, the chief minister said that green Pakistan is a harbinger of national prosperity adding that we have to transfer a beautiful and green Pakistan to our next generations. He appealed to the people to actively participate in Plant for Pakistan campaign and added that effective monitoring of the campaign will be conducted and the best performing departments will be encouraged. The forest department has a leading role in this campaign and this department and all the horticulture authorities should proactively perform in this campaign and work to achieve their targets.
Moreover, in a high-level meeting held with chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in the chair, it was decided to launch operation against encroachments and land grabbers. It was also decided to constitute a special taskforce to resolve the complaints of individual occupation of plots or land. This taskforce would help to provide necessary relief to the citizens whose plots have been encroached upon and an organized mechanism would be established to return the occupation to the genuine owners.
Addressing the meeting, chief minister said that decision has been made to initiate indiscriminate operation against encroachments and qabza mafia in the light of decision of Punjab cabinet meeting which held under the chair of Prime Minister Imran Khan. This operation would be started from influential and gubernatorial mafia and indiscriminate action will be initiated against the land grabbers. Provincial housing minister Mian Mehmood-ur-Resheed said that LDA will be made an effective organization to provide best facilities to the citizens and zero-tolerance policy will be adopted against every mafia. He said that police, LDA and other line departments should move forward the public service vision of PM Imran Khan in an organized manner. DG LDA gave a briefing about the proposed plan for the elimination of encroachments and qabza mafia.
Furthermore, talking to the provincial ministers and members of national and provincial assembly, Sardar Usman Buzdar said that PTI is a symbol of strong federation while the vision of PM Imran Khan symbolizes change in the country. He said that implementation on austerity policy has started the change process and people will soon reap the benefits of change in the real sense.
Those who called on the chief minister included industry minister Mian Aslam Iqbal and members of national and provincial assembly namely Makhdoom Zain Hussain Qureshi, Malik Ahmad Hussain Dehar, Muhammad Akhtar, Muhammad Aun Hameed, Niaz Hussain Khan, Muhammad Ashraf Khan Rind and others.