Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that the next provincial budget for the financial year 2012-13 will represent the aspirations of the masses which will further accelerate the development projects and improve the living standard.
He expressed these views while addressing a high level meeting with regard to provincial budget for the financial year 2012-13.
He said that this budget would bring prosperity in the life of the poor people. He said that the people belonging to all walks of life including labourers, farmers and other neglected people especially benefit from this budget through welfare projects, which will pave way for the balanced development at gross root level.
He said that the process of public service and development activities will continue in the next financial year vigorously which will leave positive impacts of five years’ good governance on the life of the masses. The Chief Minister said that provision of new opportunities of jobs and elimination of poverty is an important agenda of the government and provincial government will continue to take such steps as could provide additional economic resources to the common man for living an honourable life.
Addressing the meeting, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said that Punjab government will take special steps for completing the public welfare projects through its next budget. He said that due to the public welfare steps during the last four years, Punjab has become a best model of good governance.
The provincial government has provided best services and facilities to the people by improving performance of government machinery and best utilization of development funds due to which their confidence in the government departments has enhanced, he said.
The Chief Minister said that common man has been especially benefited from the steps taken during the last four years with regard to improving education and health sectors besides providing best facilities to the people.
He said that free medicines costing billion of rupees are being provided to the patients in the hospitals and the funds will be increased this year in this head so that maximum people could benefit from these facilities.
Shahbaz Sharif said that besides health, promotion of education is top priority of the government and the process of taking solid steps for provision of quality education to the students and expansion and uplift of education sector will continue as usual.
He said that in addition to Daanish School system, centers of excellence are also being set up at district level. He said that through this step, best quality educational facilities would be available to the students near to their homes.
