Maryam slams Indian aggression in PMLN parliamentary party resolution

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz chaired a key PMLN Parliamentary Party meeting on Wednesday, where a unanimous resolution was passed condemning the Indian aggression and unjustified war against Pakistan, highlighting civilian casualties and destruction of religious sites.

Fateha was offered for the martyrs of Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, with the CM and participants paying rich tributes to the armed forces, including General Asim Munir, recently conferred the rank of Field Marshal for his leadership.

The meeting paid tribute to the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf, and the officers, soldiers, and intelligence agencies of the Pakistan Army, whose military expertise and unparalleled spirit of defending the homeland have made Pakistan and twenty-four crore Pakistanis proud.

The meeting acknowledged the strategic leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PMLN leader Nawaz Sharif during the crisis.

Maryam Nawaz gave a three-hour comprehensive briefing to assembly members, unveiling a wide-ranging beautification and development plan for Punjab. Key announcements included:

Underground wiring in marketplaces across all districts; establishment of cart markets, decorated canals, and food streets; 80+ development projects launched province-wide; Punjab Development Plan to cover 60 cities this year; conversion of 800 villages into model villages; construction of 400-km of rural link roads, with Rs250 billion earmarked for road infrastructure; 1,100 electric buses to be distributed across all districts; expansion of Metro Bus Service to Faisalabad and Gujranwala; launch of ART transport system along Lahore’s Canal Road; upcoming ration card scheme for the poor; establishment of WASA offices and kindergarten centres of excellence in each division.

The CM announced that all cities would become “safe cities” within months, CTD operations were intensified, and a new 8,000-strong para-force was prepared for anti-encroachment and price control enforcement.

The meeting concluded with prayers for fallen citizens in Indian attacks and for victims of the recent school bus terrorist attack in Khuzdar.

Separately, CM Maryam Nawaz contacted Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti on telephone and strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a school bus in Khuzdar, and offered condolences to the families of children and others martyred in the attack.