South Punjab Secretariat to be operational from Oct 15.

ISLAMABAD: The South Punjab Secretariat will formally become operational on October 15, as decided at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Friday.

The meeting on establishment and working of South Punjab Secretariat was attended by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar, Finance Minister Punjab Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht, chief secretary punjab, additional chief secretary South Punjab and additional inspector general South Punjab.

The prime minister emphasized that the government's main focus is to bring about improvement in the lives of common man and directed the administration of South Punjab to work in fulfilling the same vision. He lauded efforts of Chief Minister Buzdar and the Punjab government for establishment of South Punjab Secretariat. He said solid steps reflect PTI government's will to implement its manifesto in letter and spirit. He regretted that governments in the past ignored the genuine issue of the people of South Punjab.

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