The provincial cabinet meeting lasted for three hours with Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Dr. Hasan Askari in the chair at his office today. The meeting started with the recitation of Holy Quran. After finishing agenda items, Provincial Finance Minister Zia Haider Rizvi presented the proposal of voluntarily donating one day or two day salary of Punjab government employees to the fund set up for Diamer-Bhasha Dam and Mohmand Dam. The Chief Minister and cabinet members agreed with the proposal and it was also agreed upon that employees will not be bound for compulsorily donating their salaries for this purpose and they will do so voluntarily. Zia Haider Rizvi disclosed that four crore rupees saving has been made in the expenditures of Chief Minister’s Office in one month only. The cabinet members expressed their pleasure over it. Dr. Askari said that expenditures should be further curtailed; on which, cabinet members smiled. The Chief Minister gave final opinion after the opinion of relevant ministers and briefing about nine point agenda of the meeting. He said that medical board has been constituted for diagnosis and treatment of former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and further decisions will be taken in the light of report of medical board while air-conditioner has been provided to him in the jail.
