Traders, industrialists: Punjab govt gives Rs56 billion tax relief: Buzdar

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar said on Wednesday that the Punjab government, during the pandemic of coronavirus, gave tax relief of Rs56 billion to the traders and industrialists.

While addressing a ceremony organized on the start of Kamyab Nojawan programme and other projects worth billions of rupees in Sialkot, the CM said: "Under the Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Programme, various development projects worth Rs17 billion are being started. These projects will help to resolve the issues of Sialkot city besides uplifting the living standard of people of Sialkot and will turn the city of Iqbal a developed city in a real manner."

He said that Ring Road is being set up for the convenience of people of Sialkot and to keep the flow of traffic smooth. Mother and Child hospital will be constructed in Sialkot at a sum of Rs5 billion. He further disclosed that a 500-bed general hospital will also be set up in Sialkot and Prime Minister Imran Khan will lay the foundation stone of this project in his next visit.

He said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has laid the foundation stone of Technical University for the Sialkot and government will provide funds for this project on a preferential basis. He said that good news of setting up of new industrial estate on one thousand acre of land will soon be given to the people of Sialkot. He said that two industrial estates of Punjab Small Industrial Corporation are already working. He said that work will soon be start on third industrial estate.

The CM said that according to Prime Minister Imran Khan's vision approval has been given to the Universal Health Coverage Programme and by the end of 2021 every citizen of Punjab will get health coverage.

Moreover, in his message on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day, the CM said that elimination of corruption is the mission of the PTI government while Pakistan's international image has been improved due to transparent governance, elimination of corruption and marked improvement in service delivery.

"There is no room for the corrupt in the new Pakistan as a policy of zero-tolerance has been adopted to eliminate it from the society," he said, adding: "PM Imran Khan-led government is striving to develop a new Pakistan free of corruption and dishonesty."

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