PM review Team Punjab performance.

Lahore -- Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday reviewed the performance of his team ruling the most populace province of the country.

Chairing a meeting on law and order, the PM directed indiscriminate action against criminals and assured the lawmen of all-out support. 'Don't succumb to pressure. Be apolitical,' Imran tells law enforcers.

Punjab CM Sardar Usman Buzdar, Interior Minister Brig (r) Ejaz Ahmead Shah, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja, Population Welfare Minister Muhammad Hasham Dogar, Sports Minister Muhammad Taimur Khan, Labour Minister Ansar Majeed Khan, Chief Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar and other senior officials attended the meeting.

The Punjab police chief briefed the meeting about his teams achievements and action taken to maintaining peace. About child abuse, the PM directed the Punjab chief minister to visit Kasur, Chunian and other underdeveloped areas to remove a sense of insecurity among the people of small towns. Imran directed holding meetings with religious leaders, philanthropists, schoolteachers and parents to create awareness about child rights.

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In a meeting on the monetary policy and targets of this year's fiscal policy, Imran ordered stepped up efforts to control prices. He was briefed by Punjab food minister and provincial secretary on the price of wheat in the province.

Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht apprised the prime minister that the provincial government was in a better position to achieve the targets of the first quarter comparing the previous year. The finance minister said the government had increased the development budget of the province with a special focus on the welfare projects.

He said the government was also trying to ensure the uninterrupted flow of funds for the hospitals and education sector. However, the provincial government was facing challenges to afford the subsidy of the Orange Train and other such projects, he added. The prime minister directed the Punjab government to aware the masses about the welfare projects of the incumbent government.

'The people must also be told about the volume of loans taken by the previous governments and their utilization besides presenting a comparison with the present government's economic policies and the debt ratio', he explained.

Instructing the provincial...