Minimum wage of Rs32,000 approved

Caretaker cabinet discusses development projects in South Punjab

LAHORE:

The caretaker provincial cabinet, in a meeting held at the South Punjab secretariat in Multan on Monday approved increasing the minimum wages to Rs32,000.

The cabinet allowed the disabled, elderly and students to travel for free on the metrobus service and Orange Line Metro Train.

The meeting approved the  a committee's recommendations regarding admission policy for session 2023-24 to the government medical and dental colleges.

It approved formation of a cabinet committee to deal with smog and the CM ordered effective measures to deal with it.

The cabinet approved the launch of an endowment fund worth Rs1 billion for welfare of journalists and their families.

It was briefed about the mega development projects of South Punjab, including the Annual Development Programme and road repair and maintenance schemes, and Lahore, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar Motorway and Multan Ring Road projects.

It was decided to entrust the responsibility of making dispensaries functional on the premises of the high court in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Multan to the Punjab Health Facilities Management Company (PHFMC).

It was decided to expand the scope of Punjab's education landscape under the school adoption programme.

The cabinet also extended the contracts of the employees of the Violence Against Women Centre Multan and appointed a chairman and member for the LDA Commission.

It approved transfer of the management of Haji Abdul Qayyum Teaching Hospital Sahiwal from the Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department. The provincial policy for safeguarding nationwide network of oil pipelines system, names of personalities for the Quaid-i-Azam Police Medal and President Police Medal were approved.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 12^th, 2023.