Education, healthcare, drinking water top priority: Punjab lawmakers

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LAHORE: The lawmakers on Friday said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government was paying special attention to the important sectors, including education, healthcare and provision of drinking water, as well as different social sectors.

Talking to this agency, the lawmakers said the Punjab government had presented a public-welfare budget for the Financial Year 2017-18 which would ensure speedy development.

MPA Qaiser Abbas Magsi said record funds had been allocated for rural and less developed areas of the province. He added the government had earmarked historic resources for improving the quality of life of people belonging to the south Punjab.

Magsi said clean drinking water programme would be initiated in all tehsils of South Punjab with an amount of Rs 25 billion.

He said work on Khanewal-Lodhran road had been started with an amount of Rs 22 billion. Meanwhile, Muzaffargarh-DG Khan dual carriageway will be completed by this year with a cost of Rs 17 billion.

MPA Chaudhry Mohsin Ashraf said implementation on huge annual development programme amounting Rs 635 billion would usher in a new era of development and prosperity.

To a question, he claimed that under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, a journey of selfless public service to people was going on.

MPA Majid Zahoor said projects had been completed with quality and speed the PML-N government had set new records for transparency, quality and speed in development projects.

MPA Pir Ghulam Farid said the PML-N government would win the next elections because it had served people selflessly.

 

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