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Announcing a zero tolerance policy towards corruption in the province, the Punjab chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has warned that no one will be ever allowed to indulge in corrupt practices. "The wrong-doer will not go scot-free. We will not indulge in corruption nor will allow anybody to do so and the corrupt should better plan about them," he said this while talking to media during his visit to the Darul Shafqat orphanage at Multan Road on Eid day on Wednesday.
"Our [motto] is to work, work and work. We have to bring change. It's not easy," he said, adding: "We will perform by giving priority to the national interest and the schemes which are according to the national interest will be continued." He said, "I have been nominated by my leader Imran Khan for this post and continuous work is our only objective and agenda." He added that signs of good governance and positive change would be conspicuous to all. Improving the quality of life of the poor is our objective and the people will also perceive changes in their lives, he said.
He said the foundations of a new Pakistan have been laid and now a new Pakistan will be developed. He said that he will get briefing from every department and the whole system will be rectified. Later, the chief minister paid a surprise visit to the Punjab Institute of Mental Health. He inquired after the patients and distributed sweets among them.
Talking on the occasion, the chief minister said that people suffering from various forms of mental illness deserve special attention of the society. Looking after them is our social responsibility, he said. He also listened to the problems faced by the doctors and staff of institute and assured them that steps will be taken to solve their problems along with solving the staff shortage issue. He directed that secretary health should personally visit the mental health institute to examine the problems being faced by the institution.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018

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