Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif arrived in Thailand en route to Japan for a five-day official visit on Friday.
The Japanese government has invited the chief minister to participate in the World Expo to be organised in Osaka.
Provincial Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, ministers Azma Zahid Bokhari, Malik Sohaib Bherth, Zeeshan Rafique, Special Assistant Sania Ashiq and senior government officers are in the delegation.
The chief minister will also visit Tokyo and Yokohama.
She will meet senior officials of the Japanese government and visit various institutions of the country.
Pakistan's Ambassador to Thailand Rukhsana Afzal and other officials welcomed the delegation at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on the first leg of the foreign visit. Senior officials of the Thailand government were also present at the airport.
Earlier, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz presided over a meeting in Lahore to review progress on clean water, filtration and other development projects.
She was given a detailed briefing about the Model Village project. She reviewed progress on the Lahore and Punjab development projects. The chief minister reviewed a proposal to install water filtration plants in remote areas. She set the deadline of June 30 June next year for installing the plants.
She emphasised early completion of the construction and repair of streets under the Lahore Development Project.
She expressed her indignation over delay in the completion of some projects.
She also ordered timely completion of 122 beautification projects for every city of Punjab. Of the projects, 51 will be completed in Lahore division, 64 in Rawalpindi, 37 in Faisalabad, 75 in Multan. 45 in Sargodha, 64 in Gujranwala, 51 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 61 in Bahawalpur, 53 in Gujrat and 49 in Sahiwal.
She underscored that public complaints regarding unavailability of drinking water would be redressed on a priority basis.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives due to a cloudburst and other tragic incidents in Gilgit-Baltistan, Buner and other northern areas. She expressed her profound grief over the deaths of children and women in the incidents and conveyed her sympathies and condolence to the bereaved families.
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