Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Wednesday said the provincial government will take other provinces along in the journey of development and special attention has been paid to removing the deprivations of backward areas.

He said this while talking to a delegation led by Minister Industries Balochistan Haji Muhammad Khan Utmankhail, here at his office.

Usman Buzdar accepted the invitation of visiting Loralai and said that hearts of the people of Punjab and Balochistan beat in unison. He said that people of Balochistan province will also benefit with the establishment of DG Khan Institute of Cardiology and added that Rescue 1122 service will be set up to transfer patients of Balochistan from the border areas of Koh-e-Suleman to DG Khan. The construction of Taunsa-Loralai dual carriageway will open new economic avenues, he said.

Talking to members of the provincial assembly from different districts, Usman Buzdar said the PTI government inherited the bad economic situation and the past government is responsible for it.

He said the government is taking effective steps and economic situation is being improved because of the solid policies of the PTI government. He said that development and prosperity is the right of every citizen and no one will be allowed to interrupt the journey of public service. The journey has been started under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan to achieve the goals of a new Pakistan and midnight oil is being burnt to come up to the expectations of the people, he said.

The CM maintained that Prime Minister Imran Khan's mission of corruption-free Pakistan has become the voice of the nation. He reiterated that there is no place for corruption or corrupt elements in the new Pakistan. Targets will be achieved through the implementation of public welfare programs, he added.

Those who called on the chief minister included Muhammad Amir Nawaz Khan, Raja Sagheer Ahmed, Amjed Mehmood Chaudhary, Muhammad Latasab Satti, Chaudhary Sajid Mehmood, Javaid Kausar, Muhammad Atif, Muhammad Sibtain Raza, Shahabuddin Khan, Sardar Muhammad Owais Dreshak, Ummul Baneen Ali, Syeda Farah Uzma and Chief Whip Syed Abbas Ali Shah.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019