Lahore: In the first phase, the city has been given the task of cleaning up beggars. A meeting was held in Punjab Interior Department under the chairmanship of Secretary Home Dr Ahmed Javed Qazi, in which it was decided to implement an effective and integrated strategy against beggars.
Secretary Social Welfare Saira Umar, Special Secretary Interior Zainab Khan, DG Social Welfare Dr. Sheshanshah Faisal, DG Probation and Parole Shahid Iqbal, Additional Secretary Prison Roman Burana, Additional Secretary Judicial Abdul Rauf and other officers participated in the meeting.
In the meeting, it was decided that strict action will be taken against beggar mafia in public places while Safe City Authority and Traffic Police have also been entrusted with the responsibility to expose the network of beggar mafia.