LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has approved the traditional horse and cattle show in March in Lahore and ordered the best arrangements.

The cabinet standing committee for finance and development has sanctioned Rs677 million for the show.

The chief minister said the horse and cattle show would highlight and promote the traditional culture and history of Punjab.

The government would revive the traditional culture of carnivals to project the centuries-old civilisation of the province, he added.

COORDINATOR: The Punjab government has appointed Complaint Cell vice-chairman Nasir Bashir Salman as CM’s coordinator for business and trade affairs.

The chief minister presented the notification to Mr Salman, who called on him at his office and expressed the hope that he would play a proactive role to resolve the problems of the trade and business community along with utilizing his energies to further strengthen the PTI traders wing.

He said he would work hard to resolve the problems of the business community.

POLITICAL UNREST: The chief minister says no attempt of the opposition parties will succeed to create political unrest in the country and adds the opposition will face defeat in this regard because failure is their destiny.

In a statement on Thursday, the chief minister maintained that the opposition was trying to revive its politics by bragging about the no-confidence move.

However, he said, the dead politics of the opposition would not be revived through such tactics. He advised the opposition parties to stop making tall claims and asked them to go ahead with their plans on the ground.

Mr Buzdar said the government would not be afraid of the negative tactics of the opposition. He said even a united opposition could not dare counter PM Imran Khan. He said anti-development elements could not hoodwink the people through propaganda and the citizens would not forgive those trying to create political unrest in the country.

Published in Dawn, February 18th, 2022