Improvement, reforms in every sector, my priorities: Maryam

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and the United Nations delegation held a meeting and agreed to enhance cooperation in various sectors.

UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan Muhammad Yahya along with a 22-member delegation met the Chief Minister of Punjab in Punjab. The delegation included local presidents of UN bodies.

The two sides agreed to enhance cooperation in various sectors, including education, health and agriculture. They also exchanged views on conducting development projects with the support of UN bodies. Martyam briefed the delegation on education, health sector reforms and government policies. She told the delegation that Punjab’s agriculture sector had full potential to transform Pakistan’s economy.

She reiterated that her priority is development and reforms in every sector. She said her government had prioritized tackling the public crisis.

She shared her government program and running social projects. Society will soon be able to carry out reforms more easily. For the first time, a system for evaluating officials is being developed with service delivery and good governance in mind.

The plan to build 0.1 million houses with the cooperation of UN bodies will soon be implemented.

She said she has a vision to financially empower the disadvantaged and wants every woman to be financially stable and empowered.

She asserted that her government mission was to serve the public. She revealed plans to build a tax-free garment city that would provide women with free training and scholarships for six months.

The Government of Punjab is developing a waste management plan for each city in Punjab. She said that Nawaz Sharif IT city will become the Silicon Valley of Pakistan.

Maryam Nawaz stated that her government is developing an effective system to provide complete health infrastructure in every district of Punjab.

She highlighted health projects, saying that 2,500 primary health care facilities, 300 rural health centers and large hospitals are being modernized. The first public cancer hospital is being built in Lahore. For two months, free medicines were delivered to the homes of citizens suffering from infectious diseases.

She emphasized that free meals are organized in schools as part of feeding children.

The government will support farms in rural areas in animal husbandry. Small farmers will receive interest-free loans and machinery.

The first virtual police station was created.