BAHAWALPUR – Punjab cabinet in its first-ever meeting held in south Punjabapproved new model vehicles for its ministers instead of giving a go-aheadto any developmental project for the underprivileged areas.
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, a man who was recently praisedby Prime Minister Imran Khan for being people-friendly, accepted therecommendations for brand new vehicles, apparently, rejecting thePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) famous slogan for ensuring austerity.
The provincial government, which had last month decided to auction 22luxury vehicles, will be purchasing new vehicles for its ministers incoming days.
However; no agenda item related to Bahawalpur or South Punjab discussed inthe cabinet meeting.
Meanwhile, the meeting also decided to withdraw big cars from officersworking on project posts and from now on the vehicles will be given to themkeeping in view their designation.
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The cabinet also decided to raise the salaries of doctors posted in remoteareas of the province
While briefing to the media, Punjab Minister for Information FayyazulHassan Chohan said that cabinet also gave the go-ahead to confirm the adhoc assistant professors posted in the medical colleges set up in theremote areas of the province.
