BAHAWALPUR, May 24: Punjab Transport Minister Rana Shamshad Ahmed Khan has said the decision of the chief minister will be final regarding nomination of the PML candidates for the local elections. Addressing a meeting of party office-bearers and workers at Circuit House here on Tuesday, the minister made it clear that only those workers would be nominated whose performance in the party would be satisfactory.

METALLED ROADS: MPA Mohtarma Sitara Fayyaz and DCO Imran Ahmed here on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony of metalled roads and sewerage at Qasim Town costing about Rs7.5 million.

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