ISLAMABAD: Acting President Yousuf Raza Gillani has said the situation arising from floods in Gilgit-Baltistan requires continued attention and coordinated efforts and stressed that maximum relief be ensured to affected people.
He said this while talking to Deputy Speaker Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly Kifayatur Rehman who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Thursday, along with former forest minister Imran Wakeel belonging to Tangir Valley in Diamer and former MPA from Kohistan Abdul Sattar Khan. Matters relating to the overall political situation in Gilgit-Baltistan also came under discussion. Sattar said the people of Kohistan were grateful to Gillani for providing a degree college in Dasu during his tenure as prime minister.
In a separate meeting, Justice (R) Irfan Qadir, consultant Legal Affairs, apprised Gillani of the decisions rendered in representations filed under Section 14 of the Federal Ombudsmen Institutional Reforms Act, 2013, against the orders of five ombudsmen of Pakistan at the federal level.
A delegation of the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts & Accessories Manufacturers, led by Chairman Usman Aslam Malik, also met Gillani and briefed him on matters related to the automobile industry in the country. In another meeting, Dr Kaleem Zaidi and Resident Editor, Khabrain Multan, Sajjad Bukhari called on Gillani. Matters relating to Multan and South Punjab came under discussion. They said the people of South Punjab were grateful to Gillani for taking personal interest in the development and uplift of the area.
Later, Dr Abdul Ghaffar Jhammat, belonging to Darya Khan, Bhakkar, called on the acting president and apprised him of matters relating to his area.
