‘We better stop power outages to win next elections’

PPP Punjab had proposed the federal government to take strong measures to end load shedding and give relief to the masses in the upcoming federal budget.
In its pre-budget proposals, PPP Chapter had forwarded its recommendations to the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani asking him to take effective measures and end load shedding, as it was one of the main reasons of unemployment and inflation. The party said with end of outages in the country, the wheel of economy would move and people would get job opportunities thus it would bring economic prosperity. “PPP wants to give a people-friendly budget and we are sure that next budget would be pro-poor and would give huge relief to the people,” said an office bearer adding we have also requested the federal government to increase the salaries of its employees in compliance with inflation rate and to offer more incentives to employees falling between grade I to V. He said that interest-free loans is also an option, as in this way the private sector would come forward and youth would get an opportunity to earn respectably.
ZARDARI TO VISIT LAHORE IN MAY: President Asif Ali Zardari will visit Lahore in May where he is schedule to meet party delegations and PPP members of assemblies. The PPP sources disclosed on Sunday, Zardari would visit Lahore in second week of May where he would stay for at least four days and discuss political issues and PPP strategy in Punjab province.