LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Saturday introduced a Rs10 billion aid package deal for monetary help of two.5 million households of daily-wage earners along with the monetary help packages introduced by the federal authorities. Every household will probably be given Rs4,000 monetary help.
“The Punjab government is standing with the people who have lost their livelihoods in the wake of the coronavirus scourge,” he mentioned.
Saying the aid package deal throughout a press convention on the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, he mentioned the Punjab authorities had additionally determined to take away provincial taxes to the tune of Rs18bn because the nation was going by way of testing instances within the wake of the menace from the virus.
The chief minister introduced providing Shuhada Package deal to medical doctors and different well being professionals who lose their lives within the line of responsibility whereas serving coronavirus sufferers in well being services throughout the province.
Hailing medical doctors, nurses, paramedics and different well being professionals as heroes, the chief minister mentioned the federal government had additionally determined to provide one-month extra wage to them in recognition of their companies within the struggle towards coronavirus. The extra wage could be given underneath the pinnacle of “Special Risk Allowance”, he mentioned.
CM says provincial taxes to tune of Rs18bn will even be eliminated
Mr Buzdar mentioned the Punjab authorities had determined to make use of its particular powers for granting 90-day imprisonment rebate to prisoners languishing in jails throughout the province. He mentioned some 3,100 prisoners would get profit from this concession. “This concession will not be available to the prisoners imprisoned on the charges of heinous crimes,” he mentioned.
The chief minister mentioned the Punjab authorities was making ready suggestions concerning the under-trial prisoners and would quickly current them to the federal authorities for a call.
Mr Buzdar mentioned the Punjab Infectious Illnesses Prevention and Management Ordinance, 2020, had been applied and would permit the civil administration and well being division to implement authorities measures with full ease and underneath the quilt of regulation.
The chief minister advised media personnel that 82 extra circumstances of Covid-19 have been reported within the province on Friday.
In the meantime, Mr Buzdar earlier chaired a gathering in an open garden of the Chief Minister’s Workplace, as a substitute of a closed room to make sure safety from coronavirus.
Reviewing the suggestions and strategies for the Punjab Monetary Package deal for daily-wagers and labourers being affected from the lockdown, the assembly determined that the aid could be supplied to affected individuals by way of Simple Paisa.
Revealed in Daybreak, March 29th, 2020
