LAHORE: The Punjab Emergency Council has approved the Punjab Emergency Service Employees Regulation, 2022, and risk allowance for the rescuers equal to one basic pay.

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, while chairing the seventh meeting of the Punjab Emergency Council at his office on Friday, directed the motorbike rescue service be initially extended to 27 districts and spread across the province in the next phase.

He said the present government had modernised the Rescue 1122 service to help the people in need. After 2015, he said, new 258 ambulances had been provided to the Rescue 1122.

Punjab Emergency Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer, law minister Basharat Raja, MPAs Musarrat Cheema and Khadija Umer, the chief secretary, IG police, ACS (Home), administrative secretaries and others attended the meeting.

Published in Dawn, March 5th, 2022