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Business Recorder
01-08-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
Suthra Punjab: Secretary LG inspects citywide cleanliness
LAHORE: Punjab Local Government Secretary Shakeel Ahmad Mian on Thursday inspected the cleanliness operations under the Suthra Punjab programme in various areas of the provincial capital. He was accompanied by Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) CEO Babar Sahib Din. The inspection covered several key locations, including Lahore Railway Station, Garhi Shahu, Canal Road, Nazaria-e-Pakistan Road, Khayaban-e-Jinnah, Khayaban-e-Firdousi, Adda Plot, Raiwind Road, Ijtima Haveli Road, and Raiwind Railway Station. During the visit, the LWMC CEO informed the Secretary that exemplary sanitation arrangements were in place at Lahore Railway Station where over 140 workers and officers are deployed in three shifts. Likewise, 50 workers are stationed at Raiwind Railway Station and 25 at Cantonment Station, maintaining cleanliness around the clock. The Secretary praised the LWMC workforce for their efforts, emphasising that the Suthra Punjab vision has reached every city and village. He mentioned that the monitoring mechanism has been strengthened to ensure continuous improvement at all levels. Meanwhile, District Commissioner Lahore Syed Musa Raza was also active in the field, overseeing cleaning operations alongside MCL Chief Officer Shahid Abbas Kathia, Assistant Commissioner Cantonment Fatima Arshad, and officials from LWMC and WASA. During visits to areas such as Gohawa, Sultan Colony, and the surroundings of Rohi Nullah, the DC received briefings and issued clear directives prioritising city-wide cleanliness and administrative improvements. He ordered the immediate removal of banners, posters, and all forms of illegal encroachments to enhance public spaces. Additionally, the administration was instructed to promptly address sewage and drainage issues, with WASA officials tasked to ensure swift action. He emphasised that waste collection must occur daily at the household level and that cleaning operations should be completed before office hours. Raza also directed the immediate removal of shanties and cattle sheds from residential areas and called for strict action against those burning waste. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
ECP reschedules hearing of Punjab LG polls delay case
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rescheduled till Monday the hearing of a case involving the delay in local government elections in Punjab that was scheduled tomorrow (Thursday). Chief Secretary Punjab Zahid Akhtar Zaman and Secretary LG Punjab Shakeel Ahmad Mian have been summoned by the ECP in this case. Before this case was rescheduled, the ECP officials, in a meeting with a Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) delegation, on Tuesday, had confirmed that the ECP would hear this case on Thursday. The ECP officials briefed the JI delegation regarding delay in the conduct of LG elections in Punjab and Islamabad, said an official statement issued after this meeting. But, later in the day, the poll body issued a delisting notice for Punjab LG polls delay case citing unavailability of the bench hearing this case on Thursday. Presently, the local bodies are in place in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and cantonment boards but LG elections in Punjab and federal capital have been facing an inordinate delay since 2021. The local bodies' term in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) expired on 14 February 2021 and in Punjab on 31 December 2021. The ECP is bound to hold LG elections within 120 days of the expiry of local bodies' term, under Section 219(4) of the Elections Act 2017. This law provides that the ECP shall hold elections to the local governments within 120 days of the expiry of the term of local governments of a province, cantonment or ICT. Article 218(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan provides that it shall be the ECP's duty to organise and conduct the elections, and to make such arrangements as are necessary to ensure that an election is conducted honestly, justly, fairly and in accordance with law, and that corrupt practices are guarded against. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
