From Abid Usman
LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Law and Cooperatives Raja Basharat on Wednesday said that in the previous regime, only a few thousand people were benefited by spending the entire budget on metro buses while the PTI government in three years focused only on real and sustainable development.
He was addressing a reception given by the Punjab Chief Minister to the delegation of Pakistan Navy War College Lahore here.
The delegation led by Commodore Syed Wajih-ul-Hassan was also attended by faculty and course members of the college and 32 officers from friendly countries. Welcoming the delegation on behalf of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Raja Basharat said that the PTI lead Punjab government had equally focused on the development of all sectors.
He said that previous governments had only made promises for the establishment of South Punjab province while we have fulfilled this promise by setting up South Punjab Secretariat.
“Now all the important offices including Additional Chief Secretary and Additional IG have become functional there. Whereas for the first time in history, a separate budget was allocated for South Punjab which could not be used anywhere else, adding that public and private universities are being set up while new hospitals are being established in backward districts including South Punjab”, he maintained.
