Mujtaba Shuja inaugurates lawyers’ hospital on Dev Samaj Road

Lahore: Provincial Minister for Law, Finance and Excise & Taxation, Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that provision of modern health facilities to all segments of the society is the top priority of the government and the budget for health sector has been gradually increased. He said that lawyers play an important role in the provision of justice to the citizens and the government attaches due importance to their welfare. He said that a grant of three crore rupees has been provided on behalf of Chief Minister Punjab for the construction of lawyers’ hospital and the process of provision of funds will be continued in future as well.

He was addressing inaugural ceremony of the first phase of lawyers’ hospital on Dev Samaj Road. President Lahore Bar Association Ch. Muhammad Ishtiaq, Ch. Saleem Ladi, Qaseem Aslam Hanjra and a large number of lawyers were present on the occasion. Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said that provision of modern health and educational facilities is the priority of the government and funds of two billion rupees have been provided for achieving millennium development goals. He said that Rs. 8 billion 75 crore have been provided for the provision of free medicines to poor patients while a sum of 60 crore rupees is being spent on the provision of free medicines and dialysis facilities to kidney patients.

Later, talking to media-men, Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said that educational institutions will reopen in Punjab on January 12 and security measures are being completed speedily for this purpose. He said that according to the information received by the government, 90 percent schools have completed security arrangements while this process is continuing in other schools.