Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi met his Khyber Pakhtunkhwa counterpart Arshad Hussain Shah at Punjab House in Islamabad on Thursday.
Wheat and sugar prices, matters related to illegal immigrants and border security came under discussion during the meeting.
Moshin Naqvi said sugar mills in Punjab are going to begin crushing season on November 25.
He also shared the Punjab government’s steps to stem smog. The Punjab government yesterday announced the launch of anti-smog combat.
“Educational institutions and government offices will be closed in Lahore on Saturdays while markets will open after 3 pm on Saturdays,” the chief minister told the media after a meeting on smog.
He added that air filter units will be installed at 12 places in Lahore and a high-powered environmental commission will the established.
Experts from Bahauddin Zakaria University of Multan and Punjab University are contacted for artificial rain while Chinese experts have been invited to Lahore for consultation, the chief minister maintained, adding that free registration of rickshaws will be done in 30 days and after that crackdown on unregistered rickshaws will begin.
An environmental lab will be established for the first time in Punjab while the police and transport department have been ordered to crack down on pumps selling substandard petrol, he stated.
Farmers will be given modern machinery to destroy crop residues and a team headed by the Chief Secretary will determine the modern machinery for the farmers, Mohsen Naqvi said, adding that modern machinery will be bought for farmers in collaboration with banks.