Punjab CM slams former rulers for initiating show-off projects

Says they only over-burdened national exchequer instead of facilitating the masses

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Sunday that former rulers initiated show-off projects which, instead of facilitating common people, over-burdened the national exchequer.

In a media statement, he said that medal of Khadim-e-Aala could not be added to one's credit with just pretentious claims, rather than selfless service and resolving the issues of the common man.

Buzdar said that he was neither in favour of fake words. "Developmental projects of previous governments were limited to self-publicity and advertisements alone, and contrary to that we are fixing the issues which were created due to wrong policies of former rulers. Public service is our aim and we will fulfill it at all cost."

The chief minister said that Pakistan was moving forward on the road to development. And in a short span of time, the incumbent government made such achievements which the previous governments could not attain in their fiver-year term, he added. Buzdar vowed that they would reform the system, adding that previous rulers had deceived south Punjab in the name of development, as there was no physical progress but hollow claims only.

He said that people of south Punjab had given full mandate to the PTI government that was taking practical steps to improve the living standard of people over there. Separate development budget had been allocated for south Punjab and the South Punjab Secretariat would be functional in the next fiscal year, where Additional Chief Secretary, Additional IG and special sectaries of different departments would perform their duties.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 10^th, 2019.