Punjab CM directs DCs to highlight govt initiatives at colleges, varsities
Dawn · Zulqernain Tahir ·
An insider says the move is a bid to woo largely pro-PTI youth.
LAHORE: In a move apparently aimed to win over young students, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) across Punjab to visit universities and colleges in their respective districts and brief students on the ongoing development projects and other initiatives by the provincial government.
The move is an unusual step aimed at enhancing the government’s outreach to students bytasking senior civil servants with presenting its performance directly to young people.
“All DCs must visit universities and colleges to brief students on ongoing development projects and schemes initiated by the government,” the chief minister said while chairing a meeting on the performance of deputy commissioners here on Thursday.