LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Dr Hasan Askari on Thursday lauded the efforts of Provincial Minister for Law and Finance Zia Haider Rizvi and his team for taking solid measures to maintain financial discipline in the province. Speaking during a meeting with the finance minister, who called on him here, the chief minister appreciated different austerity measures taken by the Finance department for saving of resources. He said that timely and purposeful utilisation of resources helped to solve the problems of the people, adding that fiscal discipline was imperative for every government. CM Askari also said that the promotion of norms of simplicity and austerity at the government level would help overcome unnecessary expenditures. Earlier, Zia Haider Rizvi, at the occasion, apprised the chief minister about the performance of the law and finance departments and said that unnecessary expenditures of different departments had been decreased by following a strict financial discipline.

Source: Pakistan Today August 02, 2018 13:52 UTC