Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Ali Baba 40 Thieves sitting in Islamabad love plundering, corruption and looting the public wealth and not Pakistan. He said corrupt rulers have ruined the county’s economy during the last four years. He said that announcement of setting up a Saraiki Bank by President Asif Ali Zardari in Southern Punjab was another project of committing robbery but the people would not be hoodwinked.
He said Ali Baba and 40 thieves would be buried politically by the power of vote of the people in next general elections. He said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz would put the country on the road to progress and prosperity by steering it out of darkness under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif and build a Pakistan where justice, merit, trust and honesty were upheld. He said setting up of an industrial estate over 450 acres in Bhalwal will bring economic prosperity in the area which will not only promote industry in the region but also play an important role in improving the economic situation of Pakistan. He also announced up-gradation of Bhera as Tehsil.
He was addressing a big public meeting after laying the foundation stone of Bhalwal Industrial Estate in Bhalwal, Sargodha on Monday. Provincial Ministers, members national and provincial assembly, Bhalwal Industrial Estate Chairman SM Tanvir and Muslim League leaders were also present on the occasion.
Addressing the function, Shahbaz said a network of roads costing billions of rupees was being laid in Sargodha. He said besides laying the foundation stone of the project of linking Makhdoom Interchange to motorway at a cost of Rs 73 crore, a degree college in Sargodha and special educational centres were being set up at a cost of Rs 24 crore in all the tehsils of Sargodha. He said Rs 66 crore will be spent on the construction of a new hospital consisting of 400 beds. The CM said Sargodha was the California of Pakistan and had prominent position all over the world in Kinnu production. He said setting up agri-based industries would be encouraged in industrial estates and Rs 2 billion would be spent on this project.
Earlier, the CM laid the foundation stone of Bhalwal Industrial Estate and unveiled the plaque. Tanvir while paying tributes to the CM on this occasion said the untiring efforts of the CM has helped in strengthening the foundations of industry in the province.
He said establishment of industrial estate in a backward area like Bhalwal will accelerate the pace of development and job opportunities will be available to one and a half lakh persons directly whereas 7 to 8 lakh persons indirectly.
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