Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday congratulated Sanate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on securing the confidence vote and said it shows the trust reposed in his leadership abilities to run the House effectively.
The prime minister expressed these views in a meeting with Sanjrani here at the PM Office.
Leader of the House in Senate Shibli Faraz, Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak and Senator Barrister Muhammad Ali Khan Saif were also present. The prime minister expressed confidence that Sanjrani will continue his role of running the House in the best manner.
Meanwhile, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here Friday and updated him about the overall situation in the province, particularly Karachi, in the wake of recent rains.
In a meeting held at the PM Office, the governor apprised the prime minister of the measures taken to ease the problems faced by the public due to improper drainage of water. The need for proper cleaning across the province also came under discussion.
Separately, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed the authorities concerned to ensure the preservation flora and fauna of the tourist spots while promoting and establishing the tourism zones in the country.
Chairing a meeting of the task force on tourism, the prime minister said that the auxiliary legislation to protect the natural beauty and environment of the tourist spots should be finalised without any delay, a PM Office statement said.
The meeting was attended by special assistants to PM Zulfiqar Abbas Bokhari, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Yousuf Baig Mirza, Provincial Tourism Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Atif Khan, Secretary Cabinet Division Maroof Afzal and Managing Director Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Intikhab Alam.
Earlier, the prime minister was given a detailed briefing on efforts to highlight the tourism potential of the country at the international level and the progress being made in the provision of facilities to tourists. The prime minister was also apprised of the performance of the National Tourism Coordination Board and its various working groups. The meeting was informed about the promotion of religious tourism, particularly the arrival of members of Sikh community on 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev and arrangements in this regard.
At another meeting regarding the master plan of the federal capital, Prime Minister Imran Khan, keeping in view the ground realities and increase in population of the federal capital, stressed for revisiting the master plan of Islamabad. He said that in the interim period, sub-rules should immediately be framed for the protection of the capital’s green areas and to regularise the construction activities. He noted that work is in progress to provide better residential facilities to the dwellers of slums in Islamabad under the Naya Pakistan Housing Project. He said the aim of the project is to provide them better civic facilities and improve their standard of living.
Imran Khan regretted that problems relating to increase in population, expansion of the city and its better management have been totally ignored in the past, which resulted in extinction of green areas and irregular construction.
