CM chairs meeting for improving orphanages conditions.

LAHORE -- Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi chaired a meeting at his office to reAview the conditions of the orphanages and shelter homes across Punjab.

During the meeting, popular philanthroApists Gohar Ijaz, Mian Ahsan, Anwar Ghani, and Fawad Mukhtar expressed their interAest in managing 12 children's homes and three Kashana centers where 611 chilAdren were enrolled. Upon the direction of the chief minister, these centers would be handed over to the Lahore Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), being run by phiAlanthropists. The CM said that industrialAists and philanthropists should come forAward to support the abandoned children living in orphanages. An agreement would be signed between the provincial governAment and the LIHS soon. The CM directed to finalise the agreement without delay.

He said the children would be admitAted to quality private schools according to their capabilities. A world: class system would be established in Punjab for the care of orphaned and abandoned children, and the government would build new rooms in these...