LAHORE, July 15: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif received his counterparts Syed Qaim Ali Shah (Sindh), Ameer Haider Hoti (NWFP) and Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani (Balochistan) at Lahore airport on Tuesday.

The chief ministers of the four provinces held a brief meeting during which matters of mutual interest and country’s political situation came under discussion, according to a handout.

Shahbaz apprised his opposite numbers of development plan for Punjab and steps being taken by the provincial government for education, health and other sectors.