Jampur gets district status

CM Pervaiz Elahi says that the move will create job opportunities

LAHORE:

Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi has announced to grant Jampur the status of a district. The announcement was made by the chief minister during a meeting he presided at the CM office on Friday.

The CM, while addressing the meeting stated that Dajal and Muhammad Pur will be accorded the status of tehsils of Jampur. He maintained that a decision has been made to grant Jampur the status of a district on the long overdue demand of the people. CM vowed to make Jampur best district of Punjab, adding that with the formation of a district the problems of the masses will be resolved. Ch Parvaiz Elahi also highlighted that thousands of employment opportunities would be generated by making Jampur a district.

“The service delivery system will improve in Jampur, Muhammad Pur and Dajal. Establishing a university in Jampur is part of our priorities. Students in Jampur particularly girl students will be provided opportunities to attain higher education,” he remarked.

The CM outlined that Jampur was like Gujrat to him adding that he wants progress and uplift of Jampur from his heart and soul. Member National Assembly Nasrullah Dreshak remarked that we are deeply thankful to CM Parvez Elahi for making Jampur a district.

Nasrullah Dreshak acknowledged that the chief minister resolved the long overdue problem of the people of Jampur. Mohsin Leghari remarked that people of Jampur highly appreciate the CM's decision of granting Jampur the status of a district.

Earlier, a Spain-based expatriate businessman Ch Abdul Ghaffar Gujjar called on Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi at his office and discussed the problems of overseas Pakistanis.

The CM stated that he values Pakistanis living abroad with all his heart and assured him of providing every possible facility for investment.

The incumbent government has transformed Punjab into a business-friendly province.

The chip manufacturing industry would be promoted in Punjab along with the promotion of technical education facilities to meet the needs of the industrial sector, he added. Former minister Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari MPA called on the CM at his office.

The CM reiterated that serving the people was his core objective and thanked Allah Almighty for enabling him to serve the religion as well. For the first time, Khatamul Nabiyeen University will be set up in Lahore. The Punjab assembly has unanimously approved the bill and one billion rupees have also been earmarked for it.

This university would become a distinguished institution for research on the Seeratul Nabi (PBUH); he said and added that a VC block, mosque and hostel would be built in it. The CM regretted that no sustainable work has been done for the public welfare by the opponents as their tenures were packed with political chicanery. “We are taking concrete steps to give relief to the people like our first term and public welfare work done in five months has no comparison,” he maintained.

“The politics of propaganda is the domain of opponents and they will continue to be answered through public service. We will continue to do public-centric work without caring for the opponents,” he concluded.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 31^st, 2022.