President Asks Governors To Set Up Funds For Prisoners

President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday asked all governors to setup a fund for payment of less than hundred thousand rupees fine of those prisoners who had served their sentences but were still languishing in jails due to nonpayment of fines.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Nov, 2018 ) :President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday asked all governors to setup a fund for payment of less than hundred thousand rupees fine of those prisoners who had served their sentences but were still languishing in jails due to nonpayment of fines.

He directed the governors to collect necessary data of such prisoners in order to initiate and complete the process effectively, a press release said.

The president was presiding over the Governors' Conference. Governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhmmad Sarwar, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail, Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Farman, Governor Balochistan Justice retired Amanullah Khan and Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Raja Jalal Hussain Maqpoon were present on the occasion.

The president directed the governors to take the onus of providing clean drinking water in all prisons and also asked them to establish laboratories for testing hepatitis in prisons for the prisoners as well as policemen.

He further underscored the need for establishing Citizens Police Liaison Committees in all provinces on the patron of Sindh.

He urged the governors to take leadership role in their respective provinces to resolve issues of water, population, health and Primary, secondary and higher education.

He said the governors must take up the 'Clean and Green Pakistan' mission in their provinces in coordination with relevant departments. The Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa proposed that the cultivation of olive could be useful in protecting environment.

The president also asked the governors to keep in close contacts with the chief justices of their respective high courts in order to help judiciary in the provision of expeditious justice to the needy.

He further urged them to identify at least one university in their province for affiliation with Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.

He directed to provide land for establishing the campuses of National Defence University in all provinces.

The Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa informed that 95% of the process of merger of FATA had already been completed and the work on remaining 5% was being expeditiously completed.

The Governor Gilgit-Baltistan requested the President for support in establishing a women university to which the President assured his full support.

The president also directed the governors to ensure that the offices of all provincial ombudsmen work more effectively in order to redress the grievances of the public.