Punjab cabinet extends lease of land to UAE president in Cholistan
LAHORE (92 News) – Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over the 39th cabinet meeting at CM Office on Thursday.
The meeting gave approval to further extend the lease of state land in Cholistan and Rahim Yar Khan on previous rates to the President of UAE. This initiative of the Punjab cabinet will further strengthen the ties between both the countries.
The meeting gave principle approval of Rs five billion loan to the Ravi Urban Development Authority for acquiring the land.
Moreover, the meeting also approved for providing state land for the master plan of Ravi River Front Urban Development Project. Authority will present its business plan and financial model for this purpose.
LDA Chairman Rashid Aziz and Vice Chairman Sheikh Muhammad Imran gave a briefing to the cabinet about Ravi River Front Urban Development Project. The cabinet simplified the long process of issuance of NOCs for installing petrol pumping in the province by reducing the issuance period from 90 days to 30 days. The Punjab cabinet, under 3 per cent special quota for visually impaired persons has also approved to give special relaxation in upper age limit in the employment. The Punjab cabinet again rejected the proposal of getting charges in major hospitals.
CM Usman Buzdar, while addressing the meeting, said that the PTI government has come into power for providing a relief to a common man and user charges cannot be reconsidered right now. The cabinet also gave approval for the equal syllabus throughout the province.
The meeting, in the light of decision of honourable court and under Rule 17-A, gave approval of recruitment on permanent basis. The meeting also gave approval the pay package and terms and conditions for the vice chancellors of different medical universities of Punjab.
Transfer policy 2020 of the Special Education Department was approved in the meeting. Under this policy, teachers and other staff will be transferred near to their residents. Seed money of Rs100 million from the Punjab government for the endowment fund of National Tourism Coordination Board/Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation was approved by the meeting.
Land User Plans Rules 2020 were also got approval in the meeting for using Punjab Local Governments’ lands. Payment issue of construction of 410-bed civil hospital in Bahawalpur was referred to the Cabinet Standing Committee for Finance & Development which will present the final recommendations after reviewing all the matter.
The matter of provision of land for setting up Children Hospital in Gujranwala was also referred to the Board of Revenue. The cabinet meeting also gave approval to the appointment of two members namely Hassan Ahmed Riaz Advocate and Khalid Mehmood Chaudhry in Lahore Development Authority Tribunal.
Approval was granted to appoint in-service Judge Habib Ullah Amir for the post of judicial member for the Appellant Tribunal of Punjab Revenue Authority. The meeting directed to review the matters of Director General Punjab Agriculture, Food & Drug Authority. The concerned departments will again present their recommendations after reviewing the matters of the authority.
The meeting postponed the amendment in University of Agriculture Faisalabad Act 1973 Section 21 and agenda with regard to Higher Education Commission Punjab. The meeting also postponed the appointment of CEO of Punjab Industrial Estates Development & Management Company. Punjab Chief Minister and Cabinet welcome the new ministers Syed Yawer Bukhari and Khiyal Ahmed Kastro in the meeting. Provincial Ministers, Advisors, Special Advisors, Chief Secretary and Secretaries of the concerned departments participated in the meeting.
