CM for beefing up security across Punjab

Says anti-social elements will be dealt with accordingly.

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that nothing was more imperative than the safety of the people and measures were being taken to ensure the protection of the lives and property of the masses.

Shehbaz expressed these views while presiding over a meeting regarding the security of public and maintaining law and order situation in the province on Sunday. Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that nothing was more preferable than the protecting the life and property of the people, hence every necessary step should be taken in this regard. He directed the departments concerned to keep a vigilant eye on anti-social elements in addition to strict monitoring of entry and exit points of Punjab.



“Police and law enforcement agencies should perform their duties dedicatedly with a specific end goal to guarantee peace. Focus should be paid to the protection of all worship places including mosques, Imam Bargahs and churches,” he said.

He also ordered to continue crackdown against elements involved in street crimes indiscriminately. “The enemy is conspiring against peace and we have to foil its nefarious designs with the vigor of solidarity,” he remarked.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 7^th, 2017.