Opportunists ally according to individual interests

CM says people will bury politics of falsehood, lies and sit-ins once and for all in elections

LAHORE: It is a pre-elections routine that opportunists ally themselves according to their individual interests but those who are filled with the passions of public-service stand firmly, said Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday.

He was addressing a meeting of members of parliament and party workers belonging to Multan and Bahawalpur divisions in Islamabad on Monday.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, federal ministers, PML-N leaders, Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and other party office-bearers also attended the meeting.

The chief minister said that those who have talked about eleven points, including education, health and agriculture in Lahore rally on Sunday, should first account for K-P. “Imran Khan has now realised about the public but where was he five years ago? The people will bury the politics of falsehood, lies, deceit, allegations and sit-in once and for all in the elections of 2018.



Imran’s meeting of 2018 was a failure from every respect as compared to the gathering of 2011, said Shahbaz. “The participation of locals was negligible and public passion was also missing.”

In this meeting, only the aspiring candidates of tickets brought the people along which is a proof of unsuccessful politics of Imran.

The chief minister said that due to the sit-ins, lockdown, civil disobedience and politics of anarchy, the visit of Chinese President to Pakistan was postponed. Resultantly, mega projects were delayed and obstructions were created in the development process.

CM inaugurates pathology lab

On the same day, the chief minister inaugurated the first state-of-the-art pathology lab at District Headquarters Hospital Layyah on Monday.

As much as 436 tests of 43 categories will be conducted in this lab which has been constructed with an amount of Rs94 million.

He inspected different sections and put up queries about the holding of tests. “North Shore Medical Lab of the USA will administer this lab.”

Speaking on the occasion, Shehbaz said that the Punjab government is setting up pathology labs in 26 DHQ hospitals in three phases in collaboration with the private sector. He added that standard of their tests will not be less than any European Lab. He said that token-fee will be collected to fulfill the claim of providing free treatment to the people and rest of the expenditures will be borne out by the Punjab government.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 1^st, 2018.