PML-N slates govt for Lahore's insanitary conditions.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has criticised the government for what it says its failure to manage solid waste collection in the provincial capital and elsewhere in the province.

PML-N Punjab information secretary Azma Bukhari says heaps of solid waste could be spotted everywhere in Lahore that was once used to be a model for other towns in the country as far as its cleanliness was concerned. But, she said, the situation had changed with the change in government which had failed to pay dues to the contractors and the employees of the waste management companies went on strike.

Meanwhile, the poor waste management in the city also annoyed Chief Minister Usman Buzdar who reportedly sought a report from the district administration as well as the waste management company. He warned the authorities that no leniency would be acceptable as far as waste collection in the capital is concerned.

The authorities mobilised the Lahore Waste Management Company to use its manpower and vehicles for...