LAHORE: The Punjab caretaker cabinet has approved Rs32,000 as minimum salary of workers in the province.

Presided over by caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi, the cabinet meeting stressed implementation of the decision to provide relief to the workers.

The cabinet also approved free travel on the metro bus service and orange line metro train to the disabled, the elderly and students.

It also approved the committee`s recommendations regarding admission policy for session 2023-24 in the government medical and dental colleges.

The formation of a cabinet committee to deal with smog was approved and the chief minister ordered effective measures to dealwith the issue.

The cabinet gave approval to the launch of an endowment fund worth Rs1bn for the welfare of journalists and their families.

The cabinet was briefed about the mega development projects of south Punjab, including the Annual Development Programme (ADP) and road repair and maintenance schemes, and Lahore, Sahiwal, Bahawalnagar motorway & Multan ring road projects. The CM ordered completion of the projects in south Punjab soon.

It was decided to entrust the responsibility of making the dispensaries functional and operational on the premises of the high courts of Lahore, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur and Multan to the Punjab Health Facilities Management Company (PHFMC).

It was decided to expand the scope of Punjab`s education land-scape under the school adoption programme.

The cabinet also extended the contracts of the employees of the Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC), Multan, and appointed a chairman and member for the LDA Commission.

It approved transfer of the management of Haji Abdul Qayyum Teaching Hospital Sahiwal from the specialised healthcare & medical education department to the primary & secondary health department.

The provincial policy for safeguarding the nationwide network of oil pipelines system, names of recipients of the Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal and President Police Medal and the establishment of the Punjab Mental Health Authority under the Punjab Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2014 were approved as well by the cabinet.scape under the school adoption programme.

The cabinet also extended the contracts of the employees of the Violence Against Women Centre (VAWC), Multan, and appointed a chairman and member for the LDA Commission.

It approved transfer of the management of Haji Abdul Qayyum Teaching Hospital Sahiwal from the specialised healthcare & medical education department to the primary & secondary health department.

The provincial policy for safeguarding the nationwide network of oil pipelines system, names of recipients of the Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal and President Police Medal and the establishment of the Punjab Mental Health Authority under the Punjab Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2014 were approved as well by the cabinet.