MDs of Kasur, Faisalabad and Okara Removed Over Poor Sanitation Complaints
Mian Nadeem | Published September 29, 2026 | 10:33 PM
A 15-day target has been set to improve door-to-door waste collection, and it was decided that the MDs removed from ‘Suthra Punjab’ over poor performance would not be given other postings. Body cameras will be installed to track ‘Suthra Punjab’ field monitoring officers, a meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif decided.
LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Sep, 2026) A meeting on the ‘Suthra Punjab’ programme was held under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. Managing directors (MDs) of Kasur, Faisalabad and Okara were removed following complaints about poor sanitation.
It was decided that MDs removed from ‘Suthra Punjab’ over poor performance would not be given other postings.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif expressed displeasure over complaints regarding sanitation in various cities and directed that warnings be issued to the relevant MDs over poor sanitation conditions. It was decided to install body cameras to track ‘Suthra Punjab’ Field Monitoring Officers (FMOs). She directed deputy commissioners to take measures for daily monitoring of FMOs and ordered the establishment of a formal monitoring section to oversee ‘Suthra Punjab’ field monitoring officers.
Digital challans have been initiated through Safe City cameras under the anti-littering campaign.
Maryam Nawaz Sharif set a 15-day target for improving the door-to-door waste collection campaign and directed that the ‘Suthra Punjab’ beat system be fully activated across Punjab.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif conducted a detailed review of the performance of ‘Suthra Punjab’. The meeting was informed during a detailed briefing that timely payments to ‘Suthra Punjab’ workers had been completed in most tehsils of Punjab. Anti-littering squads were active in all divisions, conducting 77,137 inspections and issuing 9,353 warnings, while the squads issued 19 challans over littering. The anti-littering squad was also active in Lahore, where 53,186 inspections were conducted. Safe City cameras issued 2,156 digital challans. Bins for waste disposal were installed at 37,852 locations across Punjab. A total of 676,551 complaints regarding ‘Suthra Punjab’ were received across Punjab, and 99 percent of the complaints were resolved.