The Punjab CM said the PML-N wanted to usher in major changes in the country, but the PTI had hindered them by holding sit-ins. He alleged that the PTI sit-in in 2014 had delayed the visit of the Chinese president, otherwise many projects would have been launched much before . SCREENGRAB/FILE
“Rule of law should be accepted by all because supremacy of the Constitution and law are portrayal of civilised societies,” Shehbaz said while talking to the media after the inauguration of surgical tower at Mayo Hospital.
Provincial ministers, assembly members, administrative secretaries and others attended the ceremony.
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“We have saved Rs70 billion in orange line metro train project. It is the prerogative of the NAB to dig out corruption but …nation’s billions of rupees saved by us…should pay tributes to the people of Punjab who have chosen such a government,” he added.
The CM said that surgical tower contains 16 operation theaters along with a 100-bed burn unit where patients will be examined through the most modern machine. Similarly, CT scan, MRI and ultrasound machines are installed in investigative department.
“I visited this tower a few months ago and today it has been formally inaugurated...can be compared with Aga Khan Hospital,” he said.
The CM said that there is no hospital of “such standards” in the public sector and lauded the efforts of Provincial Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir, Secretary Health Najam Shah, chief secretary, King Edward Medical University VC Dr Ibrar Ashraf and his team.
He also announced a prize of Rs10 lakh for Dr Ibrar Ashraf and his team and also recommended a medal for him.
Shehbaz Sharif said that the hospital has been established by the Punjab government with its own resources. He added that Imran Niazi made huge claims about improving healthcare facilities in K-P but did nothing practically.
“We have made a wonderful hospital in Swat after floods and modern hospitals have also been established…Multan Kidney Center, Recep Tayyip Erdogan Hospital Muzaffargarh, PKLI and a latest hospital in Okara are important milestones of our performance,” he said.
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The Chief Minister said that the company gave the minimum bid of 2.1 billion dollars in orange line metro train project, which should have been assigned according to PPRA rules. “We talked with them and cost of the project was further minimized from 2.1 billion dollars to 1.47 billion, saving 70 billion rupees,” he added.
He said that Imran Niazi leveled allegation against him with regard to Chinese company Yabaite in Multan metro bus project. “I request the Chairman NAB to tell the reality of this claim to the nation…If I am not a criminal then the one who leveled allegation should have been held accountable,” he added.
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