LAHORE: A meeting of Provincial Cabinet Standing Committee on Finance and Development was held in Lahore on Saturday with Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in the chair.

The meeting approved construction of shelter homes in all divisional headquarters of the province in collaboration with Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal.

It also accorded approval for inclusion of the project of construction of a new hospital in Lahore in the Annual Development Program.

The Chief Minister accorded in-principle approval for construction of Emergency and OPD Blocks at Teaching Hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan at a cost of two billion rupees.

He also approved rehabilitation and construction of four major roads of Faisalabad under Faisalabad Development Package

The meeting accorded approval to the schemes of provision of clean drinking water to the people of the area of Wahuwa under the Wahuwa Development Package.

Release of funds required for holding 16th Cholistan Desert Rally 2021 and Thal Desert Rally 2020 was also approved.