LAHORE:ChiefMinister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting here on Tuesday that decided to launch social protection programme for disabled people.

Addressing at the meeting, the chief minister claimed monthly financial assistance would be given to the disabled and they would be made useful citizens of society under.

According to a handout, he issued instructions toevolve special programmes to make disabled people skillful. He also said Rs2 billion had been allocated in the current ñscal year for the social protection programme.

Moreover, Shahbaz presided over another highlevel meeting in which various proposals were reviewed for simplifying the system of recovery and payment of taxes and dues.

Addressing at the meeting, he said immediatesteps were essential for facilitating people in payment of taxes and dues. He also said the system would have to be simplified for increasing revenue. He issued instructions for setting up a joint committee comprising senior officials of the National Bank of Pakistan and Punjab government and directed the committee to submit recommendations within two months for simplifying the system of payment.