Lahore, May 23, 2022 (PPI-OT):Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz chaired a special meeting at Model Town today in which Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal also participated and matters relating to local government came under review during the meeting. Hamza Shahbaz said that local government should be made public friendly through reforms. He stated that local government institutions play a pivotal role to provide quality service to the people at the grassroots level.

He emphasised that it is need of the hour to devolve power to the lower tiers in order to ensure progress at the grassroots level. A detailed review was made to take into account different aspects of local government system during the meeting. Awais Leghari, Atta Tarar, Zeeshan Rafique, Sami Ullah Khan, Ramzan Siddique Bhatti, Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary to CM, Secretaries of concerned departments, public representatives and specialists also attended the meeting.

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