Says development projects initiated throughout Punjab for first time | meet CM, Governor Punjab to discuss political situation
LAHORE
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is “stable” and joint opposition will face defeat on all fronts. He said this was talking with Punjab Governor Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar who called on him here in Lahore.
During the meeting, the prime minister also tasked the Punjab governor and CM Buzdar to engage with Punjab MNAs and MPAs amid a no-confidence motion in Centre and a tense political situation in Punjab.
On the occasion, matters pertaining to the political situation of the country, ongoing developmental projects and administrative matters of the province were also discussed. He further stated that decisions about the political situation of Punjab will be decided after consultations with all concerned stakeholders.
The prime minister said that it was for the first time that development projects were launched across the Punjab province, contrary to the past when the entire budget was spent on particular cities.
“The government’s top priority is the development of cities which were neglected in the past,” PM Imran Khan said besides also discussing political development and uplift projects in the ministries of Sardar Asif Nakai and Samsam Bukhari.
The prime minister said this in his meeting with PTI leaders Sardar Asif Nakai and Syed Samsam Ali Shah Bukhari who called on him in Lahore on Thursday. Matters pertaining to political situation and ongoing development projects of the provincial ministries came under discussion during the meeting.
During the meeting, PM Imran Khan said that backward areas were neglected in the past and development of these areas is the top priority of the incumbent government and in the past, the entire development budget of Punjab was limited to specific cities.
Earlier, provincial minister Asif Nakai rejected the Tareen group’s decision of boycott and stand by PM Imran Khan. “I attended Tareen group’s meeting to woo them and explained them to sit down and talk to the prime minister and they agreed with me but now boycotted the meeting,” he said.
On the other hand, Punjab Finance Minister Hashim Jawan Bakht and Chief of Special Monitoring Unit Punjab Fazil Asif also met PM Imran and discussed progress on ongoing development projects in the province.
On the occasion, the prime minister said that the government has launched development and social security schemes for the welfare of the common man.
He said despite the commodity super cycle, the government announced a reduction in oil and electricity prices, adding that the government has also introduced a modern monitoring system to improve governance.
