Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar presided over an important meeting at his office here on Wednesday in which steps about the maintenance of law & order and security of participants of the march were reviewed. The meeting also reviewed security arrangements taken in different districts concerning the march. The chief minister directed the police and other law enforcement agencies to remain active to protect the life and property of the people. No one will be allowed to take the law into his hands nor will anybody be permitted to disrupt the routine life, he asserted. The law will come into action against those taking the law into their hands and rule of law will be ensured at every cost in the province, added the chief minister. On special instructions of the chief minister, the meeting decided to provide quality healthcare facilities to chronically-ill prisoners and the chief minister also sought a list of such prisoners confined in different jails from ACS (Home). He directed to submit the list at the earliest adding that they will be provided the best treatment facilities. Provision of the best treatment is the right of chronically-ill prisoners and Punjab government will grant them this right, concluded the chief minister. IG Police briefed about the law & order situation of the province as well as the security of the march participants. The law minister Raja Basharat, IG Police, ACS (Home), Advocate General Punjab and others attended the meeting.
