Chief Minister Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has issued directives to reduce housing installments for low-income individuals and set a deadline for marking land for housing construction in districts, as revealed in a statement from her spokesperson. In a meeting to evaluate progress on the one lakh houses project, CM Maryam Nawaz emphasized her commitment to providing affordable housing for all citizens in Punjab.
The meeting, attended by senior officials including Maryam Aurangzeb, Pervaiz Rasheed, Azma Zahid Bukhari, Sania Ashiq, Zeeshan Malik, and others, addressed issues related to the housing scheme for low-income individuals. CM Maryam Nawaz also instructed measures to lower the overall cost of housing.
Under her directives, digital monitoring of the “Ramadan Nighaban Package” is underway, with daily reports submitted to the Chief Minister’s Office. The delivery of the Ramadan care package has been completed for over one million households, and verification for 48 lakh 70 thousand eligible households has been finalized.
In the ongoing verification process across Punjab, 47 lakh households eligible for the “Ramadan Nighaban Package” have been verified. Over the past 10 days, 1271 price control magistrates conducted inspections, identifying 10879 shopkeepers engaged in overcharging. These offenders have been fined over 2 crore 87 lakh rupees, with 755 FIRs filed and 2153 peddlers arrested.
Recent inspections resulted in fines exceeding 16 lakh 28 thousand rupees on wholesalers, with 30 FIRs and 94 arrests. The distribution of Ramadan packages has been significant, with Lahore district leading with over 75,000 packages distributed, followed by Khanewal with more than 70,000, and Dera Ghazi Khan with over 63,000 packages.
