LAHORE – The 17th Punjab cabinet meeting, with Chief Minister Sardar UsmanBuzdar in the chair, Wednesday decided to enhance collaboration betweenprovincial and federal governments for Ehsas programme.
The chief minister termed it a flagship initiative of PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government to elevate the downtrodden segments ofsociety, saying that the Punjab government would extend full support tomake it a success in the province.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Sania Nishtar gave briefing to themeeting on Ehsas programme.
The cabinet meeting took various other decisions and gave approval forchanging the name of cabinet sub-committee for flood to the cabinetsub-committee for disaster management. Provincial Minister for DisasterManagement Mian Khalid Mehmood would be the convener of the sub-committee.
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The meeting decided to shut down Lahore Water and Sanitation Company forbeing a non-active public sector entity. The chief minister sought a reportto determine the future of other public sector companies and directed tosubmit a final report at the earliest.