LAHORE: Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan has given formal approval to convene an Inter-Provincial Local Bodies meeting of all the four provinces on January 17 here.
All the ministers for Local Bodies and secretaries of the four provinces will attend the meeting with representation from the Federation as well.
Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan told that the meeting was aimed at concentrating the pros and corns of the Local Bodies System of 2013-18 viz a viz to discuss new system being introduced in Punjab.
He said that proposed recommendations would be discussed in the meeting.
Abdul Aleem Khan said that for the first time in Punjab, concept of Village Councils and Neighborhood Councils was being launched in which masses would be given representation at local level.
He added that the new system of Local Bodies in Punjab would bring a revolution in which especially in all the 25,000 villages, developmental work would start simultaneously and one village and one council would work with the maximum participation of the people.
He said that after detail deliberations, concrete and useful system of Local bodies would be introduced in Punjab as Prime Minister Imran Khan has given a clear vision in that regard.
The senior minister said that new bill of Local Bodies was in the final stages.
It would be 5th Inter-Provincial meeting as KPK government had also held the same event in December 2017.
Director General Local Government Punjab Mahmood Javed Bhatti has been nominated focal person for the meeting while the department has already started preparation in this regard.
The meeting will take place at 90 Shahra-e-Quaid-e-Azam.
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