Chief Minister suspends CEO Lahore Parking Company

Lahore : Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of Lahore Parking Company and ordered suspension of Chief Executive Officer of the company Taseer Ahmad for failure to achieve the target of provision of proper parking facilities to the citizens. He was addressing a meeting of board of directors of Lahore Parking Company through video link.

The Chief Minister said that substantial progress was not made during the last one a half years towards provision of parking facilities to the people while no practical effort was made for construction of parking plazas even at the sites identified for this purpose.

The Chief Minister said that purpose of Lahore Parking Company is to provide better facilities to the citizens. He said that his mission is to facilitate the masses and no laxity will be tolerated in this regard. He said that the work of automation of parking places has also been slow. He said that Lahore Parking Company authorities are fully empowered, however, measures were not taken to provide proper parking facilities. He directed that Lahore Parking Company should work actively for ensuring parking facilities to the citizens.

Kh. Ahmed Hassan, Hafiz Muhammad Nauman, Secretary Local Government, Commissioner Lahore Division, DCO Lahore, DG Lahore Development Authority and Board of Directors of Lahore Parking Company attended the meeting from Civil Secretariat through video link.

Taseer Ahmad is a PCS Officer BPS-18. He has vast experience of administration/management in Punjab province. He has BSc Engineering degree from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore and MBA from LUMS. Since 10 December, 2013 to date he is working as “Chief Executive Officer” of Lahore Parking Company.