By Qasim Ali
LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday conducted a balloting ceremony for the allotment of 720 newly constructed apartments for homeless industrial workers at the Sundar Industrial Estate, marking a significant welfare initiative for the province’s labour force.She formally inaugurated the balloting process by pressing a button and personally congratulated several successful applicants via telephone.Describing the initiative as a reflection of a “motherly state,” the Chief Minister said 720 hardworking families would now have homes of their own, freeing them from the burden of monthly rent and the fear of eviction. She directed that widows and persons with disabilities be allotted apartments without participating in the balloting process, and that special provisions be made to provide ground-floor apartments for easy access and safety. She further instructed that possession of apartments be handed over to successful allottees within seven days.CM Maryam Nawaz also directed the completion of an additional 1,872 apartments for industrial workers within the next 18 months, and a bachelor hostel for 700 workers at the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park in Sheikhupura within three months.
