Hamza Announces Free Medicines For BHUs, THQs From July 1.

Lahore -- Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz has said that Pervaiz Elahi cannot hinder his mission of doing public service.

He also announced that free medicines would be provided to Basic Health Units and THQ hospitals from the July 1st. Similarly, cancer-related medicines would also be provided free of cost.

Talking to the media outside the Punjab Assembly, the CM said that the government should be allowed to present the budget. They are rather demanding that the IG police should be subpoenaed. 'I am sitting here and will wait today again.' He added that they are engaged in political maneuvering. Havoc has been played with the constitution of the largest province of the country, he remarked.

To another question, the chief minister lamented that the assembly session was summoned and then prorogued. It seems that it is some sort of monarchy, he argued. He added that the speaker Punjab assembly was acting like a monarch. Our ministers are making constant demands for the assembly session while they are preoccupied with the memory of the chief secretary and IG police, he said.

Hamza regretted that the media had been restricted in the Punjab Assembly and contested who sent goons inside when the deputy speaker chaired the proceeding. It is not a matter of my...