Buzdar reviews lockdown situation sans protocol

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, in order to monitor the lockdown situation in the provincial metropolis, visited different areas of Lahore without any protocol. The Chief Minister expressed satisfaction over the complete implementation on lockdown and thanked the trader community for their cooperation.

Usman Buzdar also lauded the services of the administration, police, army and rangers for ensuring the effective implementation of Corona SOPs. He inspected the lockdown situation of Jail Road, Fairozepur Road, Gulberg, Garden Town, Model Town and other areas.

He also reviewed the sanitation arrangements of the city and expressed indignation over the poor sanitation situation and reprimanded the officials of Lahore Waste Management Company. He directed to improve the cleanliness arrangements in the city. He said that the lockdown is for the protection of the citizens and they have followed the SOPs responsibly.

Earlier, PPP's MPAs Raees Nabeel Ahmed and Ghazanfer Ali Khan from PP-265 and 255 respectively called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and expressed their complete confidence in his leadership.

They also apprised the Chief Minister about the problems and the needs of the people of their constituencies. Usman Buzdar said that remote and backward areas were intentionally neglected during the previous regime as development and progress is the right of every city and town. He said that former rulers deliberately plundered the funds of backward areas and this unjustified distribution of resources in the past substantially increase the deprivations of backward areas.