NEW LB SYSTEM TO BASE ON POPULATION: A. ALEEM KHAN

PM IK WANTS STRONG LOCAL GOVT. IN PUNJAB: SR. MINISTER

HIGH LEVEL MEETING REVIEWED PLGA 2019

 A high-level reviewed meeting chaired by Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan at the Chief Minister's House discussed in detail the New Local Body System in Punjab in which Provincial Ministers including Law Minister Raja Muhammad Basharat, Mian Mahmood ur-Rasheed, Hashim Javan Bakht, Sibtain Khan, Mian Khalid Mehmood, Hasnain Bahadur Dareshk, Sardar Asif Nikai, Chaudhry Akhlaq Hussain and Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-Din participated and presented various proposals for the establishment of New Local Bodies in Punjab. The reorganization of Local Government  System included the formation of Municipal Committees, Town Committees and Metropolitan Corporations in various cities of the province.

Talking in the meeting, Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said that local bodies would be formed in different cities of the province in proportion to the population so that the problems of the citizens and daily issues could be resolved in the best possible way. He added that Prime Minister Imran Khan wants a strong Local Government System in Punjab as the formation of local bodies is an important part of the manifesto of the present Government which has been successfully tested in KPK province in the last tenure. Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said that appropriate changes would be inculcated in Tehsils and Villages of Punjab as well and different proposals are being considered in this regard. He said that different suggestions have been tabled for which deliberations have been initiated among the provincial ministers and various aspects of Local Government Act 2019 are being considered.

In the meeting, the Secretary Local Government presented the proposals prepared by the Local Government Department for different cities on which the participants expressed their views. It is noteworthy that this high level committee was formed by the Chief Minister Punjab headed by Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan while it was the third meeting  to discuss the Local Government Act 2019 in detail for the establishment of new local bodies institutions in Punjab.