Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that next Annual Development Programme (ADP) will be responsive to the needs of the poor and special measures will be taken for the uplift of backward and far-flung areas of the province. He said that such projects would be given priority under ADP which could help eliminate poverty, ignorance and unemployment.
He was addressing a high level meeting regarding ADP formulation here on Sunday. Provincial Minister for Finance Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, Senator Ishaq Dar, Member National Assembly Ahsan Iqbal, Chief Secretary Punjab, Chairman Planning & Development, secretaries of Finance, Schools and Communication & Works departments as well as officers concerned were present. He said that priorities would have to be set within available resources and realistic utilisation of funds will have to be ensured.
He said that instead of putting additional burden on the common man in the next budget, such segments should be brought into the tax-net which could afford to pay. He said that welfare and uplift of the poor masses remained the top priority of the government and a number of revolutionary measures had already been taken in this regard including Sasti Roti, Food Support Programme and Punjab Educational Endowment Fund. He said that such schemes were being included in the next ADP which could accelerate development process in the province. The meeting considered in detail various projects in different sectors for next ADP.
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