LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday said he has evolved an effective mechanism to monitor the timely completion of all industrial and development projects to usher an era of progress and prosperity across the province for the welfare of all segments of the society.
Talking to a delegation led by Chief Executive Officer Pakistan Furniture Council and ChenOne Mian Kashif Ashfaq, he said Punjab government attached great importance to execution of industrial and development projects and performance of all provincial secretaries has now been linked to development projects. Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq, former Zila Nazim Toba Tek Singh and PMA Saeed Ahmad Saeedi we’re also present on the occasion.
The Punjab CM said he is himself supervising the monthly performance of projects directly from chief minister secretariat to ensure achieving targets well on time and no any type of excuse will be tolerated at all. He assured the members of the delegation that irrigation water problems of all farmers throughout the province including that of Toba Tek Singh will be solved on top priority as agriculture is main stay of our national economy.
Ch Pervaiz Elahi said the Punjab government is fully committed to gear up development activities in Toba Tek Singh and will allocate sufficient required funds for health, education, roads and communication and irrigation systems.
CM runs for cover after attacked by bees
Punjab CM Ch Pervaiz Elahi had to run for cover when a swarm of hundreds of bees attacked him in Gujrat on Sunday.
The security personnel accompanying the chief minister tried their utmost to save the provincial chief executive from this unexpected attack from venomous bees. The security personnel yelled for opening the door of the official car of the chief minister so he could get rid of the charged bees.
After hearing his security personnel, Pervaiz Elahi ran towards his car to save himself from the attack but the bees kept hovering over his head. The chief minister hurriedly jumped into the car and left Zahoor Palace.
Newspapers most authentic source of information
Punjab CM Ch Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday said that newspapers were an important part of lives, were still an essential part and would remain so.
In his message on the ‘National Newspaper Readership Day’ he said that newspapers were the most authentic source to derive information, adding that with the newspaper reading the reader not only acquaints himself with the current affairs but also gets easy and inexpensive access to obtain information.
The CM said despite the growth of electronic and digital media, newspapers were still the best source for the readers to derive information. He added awareness about various economic and social issues was obtained by reading newspapers. Though the newspaper reading habit had lessened in the digital world but it could not be eliminated under any circumstance, he stated.
