‘Big cities to get modern graveyards’

LAHORE:  

Modern graveyards like ‘Shehr-e-Khamoshan’ would be established in other big cities before December 2018.

This was said by Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday while addressing a meeting that was held to review the scope of establishment of more such graveyards.

On the occasion, Shehr-e-Khamoshan Authority Acting DG Punjab and CM Strategic Reforms Unit Director General Salman Sufi gave a briefing to the meeting. Shehbaz said, “Increase in population has necessitated the need to establish more graveyards.



Keeping in view this reality, a model graveyard ‘Shehr-e-Khamoshan’ has been established in Kahna Nau area in Lahore.” He directed the officials to identify pieces of land in different districts for establishing graveyards and submit a report within two weeks.

He maintained Shehr-e-Khamoshan Authority had already been established by the Punjab government and Rs1 billion had been allocated in the provincial budget 2017-18. The chief minister lamented the commercial use of areas reserved for graveyards in private housing schemes.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 24^th, 2017.