LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has cut short his London visit for personally monitoring relief activities in flood-hit south Punjab districts.

Mr Sharif is in London for his medical check-up.

However, in view of the flooding of south Punjab districts he has decided to immediately return home, a Punjab government official says.

In his instructions to the cabinet committee on flood, the chief minister called for accelerating relief activities in the affected areas.

He directed the committee to visit the flood-hit villages to monitor relief activities while the concerned administration and institutions of the affected districts should perform their duties in an efficient manner. He said he was supervising the process of provision of relief.

He said food and other requirements of the affected people should be fulfilled. He said fodder should also be arranged for the cattle of the flood-tossed people.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2015

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