Another meeting, but no decision on south Punjab secretariat location.

LAHORE -- The Punjab government is still undecided about the location of the south Punjab secretariat .

Sources say many of the issues have been resolved but there was no consensus on the location of the secretariat as three locations are being lobbied - Bahawalpur, Multan and Lodhran.

The Punjab government on Friday held the South Punjab executive committee meeting chaired by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and the meeting resolved that various proposals presented by the executive committee would be presented to Prime Minister Imran Khan after reviewing political, administrative and constitutional aspects.

The meeting agreed to operationalise southern Punjab secretariat soon, while consultations on the subject may continue.

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi stated that establishment of southern Punjab secretariat would give relief to the people and public problems would be solved at the local level.

The meeting was attended by Minister of...

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