Focus on maintaining law, order in Punjab

LAHORE: On the instructions of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the first meeting of the Sub-Cabinet Committee on Law and Order was held in the Home Department under the chairmanship of Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique.

Minister of Industries Department Shafay Hussain, Minister of Transport Bilal Akbar Khan and Provincial Minister of Agriculture Syed Muhammad Ashiq Hussain Shah participated as committee members. Home Secretary Noorul Amin Mengal, Special Secretary Fazlur Rahman, Additional Secretary Internal Security, DC Lahore Rafia Haider, DIG Operations Lahore Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi and all Commissioners and DCs participated in the meeting through a video link conference. In the meeting, Home Secretary Nurul Amin Mengal also gave a briefing on law and order.

Provincial Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique while expressing his views during the meeting said that providing a peaceful atmosphere to the people of the province is the first responsibility of the state. We are in full coordination with law enforcement agencies to maintain law and order in Punjab. All stakeholders have to play their role in making Punjab a cradle of peace. He said that extraordinary security arrangements would be made on the occasion of Youm-e-Ali, Chand Raat and Eid-ul-Fitr. A strategy should be made to repatriate illegally residing foreign nationals across the province. During the meeting, a briefing was also taken regarding Border Military Police and Baloch Levi Police. He further said that during Ramazan, fool-proof security arrangements are being made for Friday prayers and Taraweeh.

Meanwhile, Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has given the task of ensuring the provision of better health facilities to the people and improving the conditions of public hospitals was the first priority of the government. He said this while meeting various people in his office here on Friday.