Shehbaz offers to educate Imran on uplift projects

Says power projects have been installed in Punjab but their electricity is being provided to the whole country

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif has offered to educate Imran Khan in setting up new development projects.

Addressing the media after inauguration of the revamped DHQ Hospital Narowal, the chief minister said, “Opponents call me as ‘Showbaz’ and allege that I only construct roads and bridges and have no interest in health and education…I have arranged coaching for you in 36 districts of the province. You should come here and we will educate you about setting up new development schemes,” he said.

He said that Imran Khan used to claim that they will not develop jangla bus and roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) but instead, health and educational institutions will be developed. “They have failed to set up any quality medical university, state-of-the-art pathology lab, new colleges or hospitals there,” added Shehbaz.



“Imran Khan has given attention to jangla bus at the last leg of his tenure and the whole city of Peshawar has been turned upside down in the garb of this project… people have had enough with the project…I may be dangerous because I developed hospitals and educational institutions for the benefit of the indigent strata,” he said.

The CM said that power projects worth five thousand megawatts capacity have been set up by the Punjab government with its own resources. “Despite scorching heat, if there is no load-shedding, then it is the reward of struggle of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for overcoming the energy crisis,” he added.

He said that power projects have been installed in Punjab province but their electricity is being provided to the whole of the country. “If we continued to work with same zeal, commitment, passion and hard work then Pakistan shall surpass Modi’s India after five years,” Shehbaz added.

He said that Zardari Sahib has gone to Dubai now-a-days. “I pray that he may return back soon to take part in the elections and enjoy the public reception…billions of rupees have been spent on development schemes in late Bhutto’s city of Larkana but despite that the city is in dilapidated conditions… you have put this money in your pocket instead of spending it on the development of the city,” he added.



The CM disclosed that the CCI meeting had decided to give 300 megawatts electricity to Punjab from 700 megawatt and approval was accorded by the then prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. However, the decision was not implemented and the Sindh government took stay order from the High Court which was an illegal step.

“We have installed power projects in Punjab with our own resources and their electricity is being provided to Sindh and other parts of the country. Zardari Sahib we don’t think like you as national interest is dearer to us and all other things are of secondary importance,” he said.

Shehbaz added that that DHQ Hospital Narowal has been developed as a wonderful healthcare institution which can be compared with any hospital of Turkey and Malaysia.

Earlier, he inaugurated new emergency block, hepatitis filter clinic and CT- scan machine there. The hepatitis filter clinic has been constructed with an amount of Rs3 crore and important sections have been added to this 300-bed hospital. The Chief Minister also inaugurated mobile health units for Narowal and Sialkot districts and handed over the keys to the Deputy Commissioners.

Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited various sections of the hospital and inquired after the health of the patients. He said that due to holistic healthcare reforms, same medicines are provided to the ordinary patients which are accessible to elite of the society adding that ordinary people have equal rights over quality healthcare facilities.