LAHORE
\nPunjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday visited Ganga Ram Hospital and inquired after the patients. The chief minister also met with those who were injured in an incident of wall collapse in Mozang area of Lahore.
\nHe directed doctors and the paramedical staff to provide best treatment facilities to the patients. Also on Thursday, Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority and Jail Department signed an agreement to introduce 16 Toyota courses for prisoners at 10 more jails of Punjab.
\nChief Operating Officer Toyota Ahmad Khawar Shahzad and IG Jail Farooq Nazir inked the agreement as CM Naqvi looked over. Not only that the prisoners will be handed certificates at the end of these two-month and six-month courses, but their prison terms will also be commuted.
\nThese courses will be introduced in the jails of Lahore, Kasur, Sheikhupura, Pakpattan, Okara, Jhang, Sargodha, Vehari, Toba Tek Singh and Layyah. By undergoing these courses, prisoners will be able to become electricians, plumbers, welders, motorcycle mechanics and fashion designers.
\nBriefing CM Naqvi, Chief Operating Officer Toyota said that 25 prisoners would be enrolled in each course. \u201cToyota has imparted training to 20, 000 prisoners so far, while training will be given to 10, 000 more,\u201d he informed, and added, \u201cWomen and juveniles will also be able to undergo these courses.\u201d
\nLater, the CM chaired a meeting to discuss jail reforms. The meeting reviewed progress on opening utility stores in jails. It was told that bakeries would be opened in Punjab jails in collaboration with affluent people, and that in the first phase a bakery would be opened at Camp Jail.
\nThe meeting decided to increase duration of phone calls for prisoners to 300 minutes every month. Similarly, the project to restore and renovate 16 jails in the province also came under discussion. It was decided that modern kitchens, washrooms and laundries would be built in these jails.
\nAdditional chief secretary interior, Planning and Development Board chairman, secretaries industry, finance, health, construction and communication, Punjab Information Technology Board chairman, and other concerned officials attended the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday visited Ganga Ram Hospital and inquired after the patients. The chief minister also met with those who were injured in an incident of wall collapse in Mozang area of Lahore. He directed doctors and the paramedical staff to provide best treatment facilities to the patients. Also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n