WB to invest $2bn in five sectors of Punjab: Firdous

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LAHORE
Special Assistant to the Punjab Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the World Bank will invest $2 billion in various sectors of the province.
Addressing a press conference flanked by Punjab Minister for Livestock Sardar Husnain Bahadur Dreshak on Tuesday, Dr Firdous said that the World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan Najy Benhassine during his meeting with the Chief Minister Usman Buzdar discussed about investing $2 billion in five important sectors.
She added that the investment will be made in different sectors including girls’ education, clean and green Pakistan and improving governance standards. She said the World Bank will provide assistance to overcome problems in tourism, education and health sectors. She said that elimination of corruption is only possible through e-governance and the government is effectively pursuing the Digital Punjab vision.
The special assistant said that the important spell of the chief minister has started and he has won two wickets of PML-N in two days and the process will continue. She said that day is not far when PTI will clean bowl the whole team of opposition and they will be sent back to pavilion.
Dr Firdous said that the miserable condition of opposition clearly shows that the PTI will win the Senate election with a big margin, adding that Prime Minister Imran Khan does not want to repeat the past practice of floor-crossing in Senate election and this is the reason that use of ‘show of hand’ has been demanded by him.
She alleged that the Sharif family is the pioneer of introducing ill-political practice of horse-trading in Pakistan and the shrieks of their horse-trading were notorious from Changa Manga to Balochistan. The special assistant said the PML-N politics is filled with the practice of corruption and the corrupt are facing the consequences of their past misdeeds. She said that Shehbaz Sharif is in jail not for patriotism but for corruption.
Responding to a question, the special assistant said if any disgruntled member of another party shares any public woe with the chief minister then it is the responsibility of the CM to listen to him. “We may have political differences but there is no difference of opinion on our commitment towards public welfare agendas,” she added.
Firdous said the PML-N is well aware of Asif Ali Zardari, adding that the PDM is divided on its narrative. She said the differences in PML-N legislators to bring a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister shows that the PML-N has many narratives.
While criticising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Republic Day of India, the SACM said that although India claims to be the world’s largest democracy yet its true face has been exposed because of Indian army’s atrocities on innocent Kashmiris and human rights violation in the Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir. “We strongly condemn the human rights violation and ill-treatment of Muslims, Sikhs and other minorities in India,” she added.
She said that observance of Black Day by the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the Republic Day of India proves that their hearts beat with the Pakistani people.
Speaking on the occasion, Sardar Husnain said that the government has implemented a comprehensive strategy for development of livestock sector and efforts are being made to improve the performance of livestock department. He said that PM Imran Khan and CM Usman Buzdar are focusing on livestock on priority basis.