LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the Children’s Hospital on Monday where he distributed Eidi and gifts among the young children. He visited the children in the medical, surgery and emergency wards of the hospital.
He said that the Pakistani nation will successfully deal with the enormous challenges of floods and emerge stronger. He said that the Punjab government was committed to the rehabilitation of the flood victims.
The chief minister said that more than 20 million people had been affected by the flood that had wiped out thousands of villages and had caused losses running into billions of rupees.
He thanked the international agencies for helping the affected and said that several countries were involved in the rehabilitation and reconstruction process. He said that besides installing water filtration plants to provide clean drinking water to the people, effective steps were being taken to protect them from all kinds of diseases.
He said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) was cooperating in protecting the people from malaria and other epidemics and has distributed malaria kits in the affected areas. He said that fumigation was also being carried out in areas with stagnant water.
Public representatives, political workers, administration and police have set an unprecedented example by celebrating Eid among the affected people, he said.
The chief minister said that a judicial commission had been set up to investigate the matter of making wrong breaches and to prepare a report on it. In the light of the report, action will be taken against everyone involved, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 14th, 2010.
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