LAHORE: Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi Tuesday paid a visit to Nishtar Hospital II in Multan and inspected the pace of work and ordered to accelerate it.
“We want to start OPD at the hospital soon,” Mohsin Naqvi said while expressing displeasure over slow pace of work.
The chief minister ordered the Multan commissioner to carry out work in three shifts.
Earlier, the Multan commissioner and police high-ups welcomed the chief minister on his arrival in Multan.
Information Minister Amir Mir, Health Minister Javed Akram and Secretary Coordination Amir Karim accompanied the chief minister.
The chief minister also visited the house of the two youths in Mohallah Dogran who died in Multan police firing on the day of Eid. He expressed condolences to the family and assured them of justice.
CM presents Eid gifts to elderly persons
Earlier, Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi Tuesday paid a visit to Social Welfare Complex in Township, Lahore where he spent time in Afiyat Old Age Home and presented Eid greetings and gifts to the elderly persons.
The chief minister went to the rooms of the elderly persons living in the old age home and met them individually and inquired about the facilities provided there. The chief minister also inquired from the elderly persons about their problems. They expressed satisfaction over the quality of food and other facilities at Afiyat.
“The quality of food and other facilities are very good. The facilities here cannot be described in words,” the elderly persons at Afiyat told the chief minister. Mohsin Naqvi ordered to get the names of the elderly persons living in Afiyat registered in Benazir Income Support Programme.
“I have come to share the joy of Eid with you. It is our responsibility to take care of our seniors,” he said to the senior citizens living in the old age home. The chief minister directed to conduct regular medical check-ups of the elderly persons.
He also met columnist Athar Zameer in Afiyat and assured him of solving his problems. In this regard, he issued on-the-spot instructions to Provincial Information Minister Aamir Mir and DGPR Rubina Afzal.
