Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has commended Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz for bringing rapid and visible improvements in solid waste management across Punjab.In a post on X platform, PM Shehbaz remarked, “Truly transformative! rapid and visible improvements in solid waste management across Punjab.”

“My deep commendation to Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz and her team for their dedicated efforts in this regard,” he added. According to news website Forbes, in just eight months, a waste crisis in Pakistan’s most populous province was turned into the world’s largest integrated waste management system.

The initiative’s massive scale and impressive results offer important lessons in impact leadership. Now millions of people in Punjab have clean streets and regular waste pickup for the first time in living memory. As a result of dependable waste collection services, there are fewer breeding grounds for disease, less contaminated water, and more civic pride.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)