LAHORE, Mar 25 (APP):Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi presided over the 11th Provincial Cabinet meeting in which decision was taken for further smoothing the provision of free flour under the Ramadan
Relief Package as the provincial Cabinet granted approval to obtain 20 kg flour bag for all the
families obtaining one flour bag at the same time and the decision will come into effect from
March 29.
CM Mohsin Naqvi while addressing the Cabinet meeting directed the Provincial Ministers and
Secretaries to continue visiting the centers regularly and submit their reports to the CM Office.
Various proposals with regard to simplifying the registration process were reviewed as a committee
was constituted comprising provincial ministers and senior officials which will presents its final
recommendations regarding registration process.
The provision of free flour across Punjab was comprehensively reviewed during the meeting
and the Punjab Cabinet expressed its complete satisfaction over the provision of flour process.
It was apprised to the Cabinet during the briefing that approximately more than 70 lac flour bags
have been distributed among the deserving persons until now.
CM Mohsin Naqvi directed that bazaars and markets should also be checked in order to ensure
availability of essential edibles at fixed rates.
Mohsin Naqvi asserted that the whole administration should remain proactive in this regard.
Approval was granted during the meeting to recruit doctors and other allied staff on ad hoc
basis in the Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education department and Primary & Secondary
Healthcare department.
Approval was also granted to extend the service period of the contract
employees of Public Health Engineering department along with Social Welfare & Baitul Maal
department. Approval was granted to transfer the land of Specialized Healthcare & Medical
Education department in Johar Town to the Special Education department to establish state
of the art Autism Center for the differently able children.
Dissatisfaction was expressed over the performance of Child Protection Bureau during the
Punjab Cabinet meeting and it was decided to reconstitute the institution.
The Cabinet was informed during the briefing that 1050 children are present in the Child
Protection Bureau Centers while the number of staff members is 750 only. It was directed
during the meeting to look after the children present in the Child Protection Bureau Centers
in an proper manner.
The Punjab Cabinet granted approval of MOU between Social Welfare & Baitul Maal department
and Lahore Institute Of Health Sciences. Approval was granted during the meeting to establish
Cabinet Standing Committee for Universal Health Insurance.
Provincial Minister for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education Doctor Javed Akram will be
the Head of the Committee while Provincial Minister for Industries SM Tanvir will be Co-Chairman
of the Committee. Approval was granted during the meeting to appoint Chairpersons in the Drug
Courts of Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Gujranwala.
Approval was granted during the meeting for the Government of Punjab accounts audit reports for the year 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
The decisions of the first 10 Cabinet meetings were also endorsed during the meeting.
Provincial Ministers, Chief Secretary, Inspector General of Police, Secretaries of concerned
departments attended the meeting.
