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Pervaiz orders operation against cattle thieves
LAHORE, April 23:
Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has directed the IGP
to launch an operation against cattle lifters
especially in eight districts of the province.
He also asked the law secretary to prepare
amendments to the relevant law for enhancing
imprisonment on cattle lifting from the existing
three years to seven years. He said the law should
be presented in the next assembly session for
adoption.
The chief minister gave the direction during a
meeting with MNAs belonging to Gujranwala, Sialkot,
Hafizabad, Gujrat, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Jhang and
Mandi Bahauddin here on Thursday. He also directed
DPOs of all districts to arrange a meeting so as
to get immediate results of the operation against
cattle lifting. He asked the IGP to adopt the
latest investigation techniques so as to check
cattle lifting, and take stern action against
those involved in the crime.
He said the government had already started
implementing different projects aimed at improving
the economic condition of small farmers. It was
also granting them soft loans. The chief minister
said steps were being taken for reorganization of
the ruling PML, and it was being organized at the
ward, union, tehsil and district levels.
The MNAs who attended the meeting include Chaudhry
Wajahat Husain, Chaudhry Mehdi Hasan Bhatti,
Chaudhry Liaquat Abbas Bhatti, Chaudhry Bilal Ejaz,
Chaudhry Rehman Naseer, Ali Asjad Malhi, Umer
Ahmad Ghumman and Zahid Hamid.
Chief Secretary Kamran Rasool, BoR senior member
Safdar Javed Syed and secretaries of the home,
local government and planning and development
board were also present. Meanwhile, PML leader
Hamid Nasir Chattha also called on the chief
minister and discussed with him matters pertaining
to reorganization of the party.
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Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
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