LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the Punjab government has set new precedent by saving billions of rupees in development projects through good governance.
He said that no example could be presented of such great savings in the 70 years history of Pakistan. The CM said that in the past, resources of nation were looted mercilessly but the PML-N government spent all funds with honesty.
He said that the old system of exploitation has been buried by establishing model cattle markets. He said the common man is getting affordable, comfortable and modern transport facilities through metro bus service and such services would also be provided through the Orang Line Train.
He said that energy projects had not only been completed in record time period but real saving of billions of rupees had also been done.
He said that 1320-MW Sahiwal Coal Power Plant was completed six months prior to the given date. He said ‘Patwari’ culture had been eliminated through Land Record Information Management System and the people could get documents of their land record instantly. He said that zero tolerance policy had been adopted to uproot menace of corruption and the place for the corrupt people is jail now.
He said that reforms had been introduced in Punjab in sectors of education, health, transport, infrastructure, etc., and a lot of improvement in these areas had been witnessed.
