Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Wednesday formally announced business plan of Governor House saying the Governor House's lawn will be available for corporate sector at Rs 1 million for each event. Any function can also be arranged for Rs 500,000 in Darbar Hall; Rs 50,000 will be charged for wedding photo shoots and Rs 1 million for commercial photo shoots, while guided tours can be made at Governor House on Saturdays and Sundays, the Governor said while addressing a press conference.
Booking of any function can be done through Governor House's website. "We will try to carry out Governor House expenditure through the business plan. Under the business plan, the political parties will not be allowed to organize their events in Governor House," he added.
Sarwar said, "We are giving the business plan as per our promise and the business plan's earning will be deposited to the account of government of Pakistan." The event will be booked on www.governorhouse.punjab.gov.pk and when anybody sends his request for an event on the website, the Governor House staff will contact that person to finalize the arrangements, however, the events' payment will be made through bank account of the government and no one from Governor House is authorized to receive the payment in cash from the person or company holding the event.
To a question, he said the two hours time will be given for wedding photo shoot and its charges will be Rs 50,000 and Rs 5 million will be charged on commercial video shooting in the pavilion of Governor House. On Saturdays and Sundays, groups of 10 persons each can avail one-hour guided tour facility with Rs 2,000 charges per person, while such charges will be Rs 6,000 per person for foreigners and they will also be served with tea and coffee. Welfare organizations will be given 50 percent discount on their programmes, he added.
To another question, Sarwar said that conferences like Ulema Conference can be allowed under the business plan, but the political parties will not be allowed to organize party conventions, public meetings or any other activity in any part/portion of the Governor House including its lawn.
About the monthly expense of Governor House, he said that other than staff salaries are of Rs 1 million per month and we are gradually reducing this figure. He said a canteen is being constructed where eatables will be available for general visitors of Governor House on Saturdays and Sundays.
Moreover, Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority and British welfare organization Islamic Aid signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to restore 17 non-functional filtration plants in Sargodha division before holy month of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak. Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority CEO/MD WASA Zahid Aziz and British welfare organization Islamic Aid's Representative Anam Qamar signed the MoU at a ceremony held at Governor House, Lahore.
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