Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. PHOTO: ASIM SHAHZAD/EXPRESS
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday directed all DCOs to set up counters in their respective districts for providing information about missing hajis. “After receiving any information, the institutions concerned should immediately contact the families of hajis. The federal government will be requested for financial assistance for the families of hajis who have lost their lives,” he said.
Separately, Sharif said that third-party audit had been introduced to ensure transparency in development projects.
He was talking to a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) representatives.
“Every penny from public money is being spent honestly. The government is serving the people,” he said.
He said that Rs150 billion had been allocated for the Khadim-i-Punjab Rural Roads Programme.
“Sit-ins last year caused a huge loss to the economy and hindered the process of development. The elements which wasted the precious time of the nation did not care about national interest or welfare of the common man,” he said.
He said that the PML-N government had restarted the process of national development with a new determination.
The CM said that the government was focusing on infrastructure development and provision of basic amenities to the people.
“A culture of merit, transparency and speedy completion of development projects has been introduced in the province. Billions of rupees is being spent on the welfare of the people. Projects aimed at provision of education, health and other basic facilities to the masses are a priority.
Supply of potable water will be ensured in all tehsils of the Punjab by 2017 under the Saaf Pani Project. The programme has been started in south Punjab,” he said.
He said that Rs70 billion would be spent on the Saaf Pani Project in two and a half years. “The aim of progress and prosperity of the country will be achieved through honesty and hard work. Every effort will be made for providing relief to the citizens,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2015.
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