Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday that inefficient rulers were indulging in looting and corruption and lacked the courage to bear criticism. He warned them to bring the looted money of the nation back and said if they did not refrain from plundering and did not accept the judiciary’s decisions, the 180 million people of the country would hold them accountable and every chowk would become Tahrir Square of Egypt for them.
The chief minister was inaugurating the newly built Multan Road. He said the best travelling facilities would be available to the people with the completion of the Multan Road project and the traffic flow would also improve. Addressing the function, the CM said the billion-rupee Multan Road project had been completed to a large extent. However, the delay in the completion of the project was against his agenda and policy, he added.
He said difficulties were a part of life and they should be handled with courage, adding that dengue was a big issue but it had been accepted as a challenge and solid steps had been taken to curb it. Experts were of the opinion that had this virus not been fought with courage, the number of deaths would have been much greater, he said, adding that all resources had been utilised in the war against dengue. He said the role played by elected representatives, bureaucrats, experts, doctors, nurses and paramedical staff would be remembered forever.
Later, the CM inaugurated the Multan Road project and inspected the project up to Scheme Mor. Earlier, Lahore Commissioner Jawad Rafiq Malik gave a detailed briefing on the project. Elected representatives, National Logistics Cell in-charge, Planning and Development chairman, communication and works secretary and a large number of people were also present on the occasion. In a separate incident, he also inaugrated the Multan Road, saying that it would prove to be a great facility for the masses.
