Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that PML (N) government believes in balanced development and not only in cities but billions of rupees are also being spent on the development projects in villages. He said that with the completion of these projects, living standard of the rural people will be improved a lot. He expressed these views while addressing various functions during his visit to Vehari and Burewala, on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister visited Vehari and Burewala for eight hours and inaugurated and laid foundation stone of development projects of billions of rupees. He inaugurated Burewala-Ludden Road constructed at a cost of Rs 500 million at Chungi No 5, Cardiac Ward costing 40 million rupees at Tehsil Headquarters Hospital and 14 kilometer long two lanes road from Burewala to Chichawatni constructed at a cost of more than one billion rupees at Burewala.
Shahbaz Sharif laid foundation stone of Rescue 1122 project which will cost Rs 72 million. A large number of people were gathered at the inauguration of development projects at Burewala. Addressing the public gatherings on this occasion, the Chief Minister said that work on development projects is continuing speedily in the province but those staging sit-ins are creating hindrances in the development process but people will foil this sit-ins conspiracy. He said that China has given the historic economic package of 46 billion dollars in which investment of 20 billion dollars is only for energy projects. He said that the change is brought through practical work and not through slogans. He said that all rural roads will be completed at a cost of more than 150 billion rupees in Punjab up to 2018. Members National Assembly Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed Arain, Syed Sajid Mehdi Saleem Shah, Ms Tahmeena Daultana, Members Provincial Assembly Mian Irfan Daultana, Bilal Akbar Bhatti and Chaudhry Irshad Ahmed Arain were present on the occasion. The Chief Minister visited shrine of renowned saint Hazrat Baba Sher Dewan at Sahuka adjacent Burewala and laid wreath at the mazar. He offered special prayers for the security, peace, stability, development and prosperity of the country. He inaugurated Sheikh Din Muhammad Welfare Trust Hospital constructed for mental and psychiatric patients. Chairman of the hospital and prominent senior lawyer Muhammad Akram Sheikh was also present on the occasion.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Shahbaz Sharif said that setting up of Sheikh Din Muhammad Welfare Trust Hospital at Sahuka, the land of saint Hazrat Baba Sher Dewan, is in accordance with the teachings of religious saints, upon which, Sheikh Muhammad Akram deserves appreciation. He said that Sheikh Din Muhammad Welfare Trust Hospital is not less than a blessing for mentally retarded people of the area and Punjab government will extend all out co-operation to it.
Referring to energy crisis, Shahbaz Sharif said that the wheel of economy cannot be moved without resolving energy crisis and the Prime Minister had inaugurated 100 megawatt solar project at Bahawalpur for this purpose. He said that record funds have been allocated for the development of rural areas and solid measures have been taken for the uplift of health sector. Shahbaz Sharif also visited district headquarter hospital Vehari today and inaugurated cardiac center at the hospital.
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