Punjab CM vows PA building’s early completion

Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi called on Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office on Monday and apprised him about matters pertaining to the construction of the new building of the legislature.

The two leaders devised a strategy to remove impediments and ensure release of funds for the work. They agreed to utilise available resources for early completion of the ongoing work. On the occasion, both leaders also deliberated about the assembly session starting from September 2.

Pervaiz Elahi stated that work would be done in three shifts for early completion of the new building so that the assembly session planned in November could be held there. The chief minister reiterated that no impediment would be allowed in public service and vowed that ties with the PML-Q would be strengthened. The government would take the allied party along on every occasion and the critics would be given an apt response through performance, he said.

Meanwhile, the spread of coronavirus had stopped due to effective policies and the government had also made foolproof security arrangements during Muharram, he said.

He said the opposition parties were frustrated and they tried political point scoring on every occasion, including the issue of coronavirus. The speaker had efficiently run the Punjab Assembly proceedings, he stated.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1^st, 2020.