LAHORE, July 30 (NNI): Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday directed department concerned to draft guidelines for establishing a housing scheme for artists.
She passed the order while chairing the 12th meeting of the provincial cabinet to discuss and decide on major agenda items and important projects. “An artist is not only a member of his family, but of the entire nation. The government is like a mother who has to take care of everyone,” she opined.
The CM also directed all departments to start paid internship program to better engage fresh graduates.
The cabinet approved Chief Minister Punjab Climate Leadership Development, Internship Program, under which three-month internship to 2,000 students @ Rs 25,000 per month will be given, along with issuing them Social Service Certificates on completion in order to help them get admission in good foreign universities.
The cabinet also approved Chief Minister District Sustainable Development Goals Program, under which about 3,000 projects including roads parks, drainage, clean water, street lights, tube-wells and others will be completed in the districts at a cost of Rs80 billion. The completion period of these development project is fixed at one year, no project shall exceed its completion period.
The CM said that price control and law & order were her main focus. “Failure to control rates in a district will be considered failure of the deputy commissioner concerned. Vegetables should be grown locally as per demand of every city, so that transportation costs can be reduced.”
The cabinet directed the Punjab government to pay all charges except insurance cost in the e-bike scheme. Now the Punjab government will pay charges for documentation, registration and number plate etc. Approval was also given to add 10,000 more electric bikes in the scheme. NNI
