Islamabad, December 11, 2021 (PPI-OT):Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphatically stated that the present government will only take those decisions which are in the interest and welfare of the public. Addressing a big public gathering after inaugurating and laying foundation stone of several development projects in Mianwali on Saturday, the Prime Minister said he will not disappoint the masses and this country will be transformed into a great nation for which it was created.
Imran Khan said we are ready for dialogue with everybody including those in Balochistan and Tribal districts but there will be no reconciliation with those who plundered the national exchequer and laundered the money abroad. The Prime Minister announced that the federal, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments will award scholarships to six point two million youth to pursue higher education. An amount of forty-seven billion rupees will be spent on it.
Imran Khan said the entire population of Punjab will be provided with health cards by March next year under which each household will be eligible to get medical treatment worth one million rupees annually. The Prime Minister pointed out that inflation is an international phenomenon caused by COVID-19 related lockdowns. He however said the prices in Pakistan are still lower when compared with other countries.
He said Ehsaas Rashan Program has also been launched to provide wheat flour, ghee and pulses to the underprivileged lot on thirty percent subsidized rates. He said Kamyab Pakistan program envisaging interest free loans of up to five hundred thousand rupees is also aimed at uplifting the weak segments of the society.
Imran Khan said there will be record development in backward areas of the country including Mianwali. Alluding to the ground breaking of Balksar-Mianwali-Muzaffargarh Road, the Prime Minister said the project will be completed in one and a half years.
In his remarks, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said the government is especially focusing on the development of backward areas. He said it is the first time that district development package of 360 billion rupees has been introduced to ensure equitable development.
Usman Buzdar said the local government system will soon be introduced in order to address the problems of the people at grassroots level. Usman Buzdar said the provincial government has also approved one hundred thousand jobs in public sector departments. The projects that were inaugurated on the occasion included Establishment of City Park at Old Cattle Mandi Mianwali, Dualization of Sargodha – Mianwali Road (Phase-1) and Establishment of Miyawaki Forest at NAMAL Lake.
Apart from Balksar-Mianwali-Muzaffargarh Road, the Prime Minister also performed the ground breaking of Upgradation of Kalabagh-Shakardara Road, Upgradation of DHQ Hospital Mianwali, Prime Minister Package -II, District Development Package, Establishment of Wooded Land at NAMAL Lake.
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