LAHORE:
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has issued directives to initiate by-laws to introduce a uniform design for shops across the province.
She emphasised while presiding over a meeting that after the completion of the Punjab Development Programme, every city should look aesthetically up to the mark.
The chief minister approved the programme for the development of 189 cities. It was agreed to constitute a Project Management Unit for the programme.
Under the Punjab Development Programme, construction and development projects will be completed in the cities in collaboration with the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
Under the World Bank’s Punjab Inclusive Cities Programme (PICP), 15 cities will be developed.
Under the initiative, projects of 144 cities have been incorporated into the Annual Development Programme (ADP).
