Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar on Wednesday accused the provincial government of neglecting public welfare, alleging it was focusing instead on feasibility studies for bullet trains and leasing aircraft for a provincial airline.
"The responsibility of a provincial government is to combat inflation, lower electricity bills, and improve public health and education facilities - not to launch vanity transport projects," he said while addressing a press conference. "People of Punjab need relief, not a bullet train or an airline."
Bhachar questioned the government's fiscal transparency, asking why only 50% of the Annual Development Fund had been utilised. He claimed full budgetary allocations were used only at the Punjab Chief Minister's Secretariat and the Governor's House.
The opposition leader criticised spending by the Punjab Communications and Works Department, alleging billions of rupees had been spent on constructing a rest house at Rawal Dam, which he called an "unnecessary scheme."
"It appears as though the current leadership believes it will remain in power indefinitely," he said.
The opposition leader accused the federal government of adopting a "soft approach" regarding rising tensions with India.
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