LAHORE:PrimeMinister Imran Khan has directed the Punjab chief minister and his cabinet members to rein in the corrupt and land grabbers besides coming up to people`s expectations in terms of relief and service delivery.

Presiding over a meeting of Punjab cabinet members alongside Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at the CM secretariat on Saturday, Mr Khan said it was a matter of concern for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government that mafias and the influential condnued to usurp the rights of have-nots, who ran from pillar to post for their due rights.

`Immediately launch an anti-encroachment driveand action against land grabbers across the province,` he directed the government and assured it of his full support.

`People have attached high hopes with the PTI government and they must not be disappointed,` the prime minister said. He, however, stressed that the chief minister should be allowed at least three months to show result before criticism was directed at him.

The prime minister also said that all mega projects being run on subsidy in Punjab should be audited.

Mr Khan, who was on his first visit to Lahore after becoming chief executive of the country, said that the police should be made independent of political and elite pressure and asked to deal with issues on merit.

Explaining his 100-day agenda of `change`, the prime minister said a huge responsibility was on the shoulders of the chief minister and provincial ministers to deliver with the sole objective of serving the poor and downtrodden. `I want that each of the 23ministers should work hard and emerge as stars,` he said, adding he did not want a one-man show as was in the case of the Shahbaz Sharif government.

Emphasising the need for making the police a resultoriented force, the prime minister claimed that reforms in the police department as well as health and education sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had helped the PTI get re-elected in the province. `KP`s health and education ministers did not need to make much ef fort to get re-elected just because of their unparalleled performance,` he added.

Mr Khan said he would frequently visit the province and remain at the forefront to oversee the 100-day change agenda. He reiterated his resolve of observing simplicity and urged the cabinet members to set examples by shunning extravagance on taxpayers` money. The ministers should use only one official car and auction the additional vehicles. `When we will start saving, every penny will count,` he stressed.

The premier said the government would focus on investing state resources on human development, adding that Pakistan ranked low on Human Development Index in the region.

The chief minister and cabinet members assured the prime minister of their commitment to implementing the PTI`s reforms and development agenda.

Earlier, Prime Minister Khan held a meeting with Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and planted a sapling upon arrival at the chief minister`s secretariat.

Barricades removal When PM Khan was told about the problems being faced by people due to barricades, he directed the provincial government as well as Lahore administration to remove unnecessary barricades from the city and facilitate citizens` troublefree movement.

About providing quality healthservices topeoplein Punjab, the prime minister stressed the need to assess the situation in teaching as well as district and tehsillevel hospitals and ensure proper treatment f acilities.

He directed that burden on teaching hospitals should reduce by offering quality healthcare services at local hospitals at their door steps.

The prime minister told the cabinet members that `Chief Minister Usman Buzdar is an honest person and he is a true picture of my ideology and will advance my ideology`.

Expressing his gratitude, the chief minister said that he would make all-out efforts to accomplish the dream of Prime Minister Imran Khan with regard to the development and progress in Punjab.

`The whole team of Punjab is standing with Imran Khan to accomplish the agenda of Naya Pakistan, he said.