Provincial Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs Raja Basharat has said that the vision of PTI is being fully implemented in Punjab and solid steps are being taken to eradicate corruption, terrorism, money laundering, benami properties, encroachments and illegal occupation of state lands.

He expressed these views in a meeting with the US Consul General Lahore Catherine Rodriguez at Civil Secretariat on Thursday.

Political & Economic Chief Barry H. Junker and Political & Economic Specialist Sadaf Saad of the US Consulate General Lahore were also present on the occasion. The meeting discussed issues of mutual interest between the Punjab government and the United States. Catherine said that Punjab Government was doing a commendable job in implementing the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) while providing facilities to visitors at Kartarpur Border and other religious places was a good move.

Raja Basharat said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar were also paying equal attention to the promotion of religious tourism across the province. He said that three committees were working at the Supreme Court, Federal Government and Provincial Government level for police reforms in Punjab while new legislation is under consideration to bring effective accountability system to the police.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019