Caretaker Minister for Local Government & Community Development Punjab Ibrahim Hasan Murad has directed the officers of his department to introduce a digital system to make the process of birth, death and marriage registration transparent and speedy as there were many complaints from the citizens in this regard. He urged to provide this facility to the citizens at door step. He said that due to the incomplete development projects in various cities and villages, the people were facing severe difficulties and due to delay, the cost of the projects also increased enormously, so the ongoing development schemes should be completed as soon as possible. The provincial minister further said that there was a need to make the system of allocation and payment of development contracts transparent as due to the commission mafia, a large part of the allocated funds got exposed to corruption, which ultimately resulted in non-standard works. Ibrahim Hasan Murad was taking a briefing from the DG Local Government Board on Tuesday. The Local Government Minister also directed the officials to give comprehensive proposals within a week to facilitate the process of death registration hastle free. He warned that issuance of fake certificates by union councils should be strictly stopped. The provincial minister said that regular training courses should be organized for effective capacity building of local government officers and other staff. He also sought the details of the offices taken on rent.
Earlier in the briefing, it was stated that Punjab had a target of 100% birth registration by 2030, which was currently up to 82%. "Baldia Online is providing various facilities to the citizens at home.", it was apprised. In the briefing, it was further informed that a total of 852 development schemes of the local government were being worked on in Punjab while 79 schemes had been completed so far in the current financial year. Later, Secretary Local Government Board also briefed the Provincial Minister on different aspects of the Board.