LAHORE – Punjab government has removed ban on recruitments in Punjab Emergency Service Rescue-1122, on Thursday.
It was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in Lahore.
Addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister observed that timely and professional mannered response of Rescue-1122 during natural calamities and accidents is of vital importance.
It has also been decided in the meeting to enhance the emergency allowance of Rescue 1122 employees so that they are able to perform their duties with hard work and enthusiasm. A summary should be sent to the chief minister’s office in this regard, he said.
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He directed the concerned officials to immediately draft and submit a summary for expansion of the rescue services to far-flung areas.
The Chief Minister also gave his approval to start Rescue Scout Training Programme in colleges within the next two months. He also directed to submit a detailed programme for starting helicopter ambulance service in the Punjab province.
The Punjab CM also called the meeting of Punjab Emergency Council next month. He said it was deplorable that its meeting was not called during the last eight years. The past government adopted a wrong attitude with the emergency service by not calling the meeting of Punjab Emergency Council, he added.
