Sit-in elements to be responsible if CPEC harmed, says Shahbaz

LAHORE

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the people of Pakistan want progress, prosperity and peace, so the politicians engaged in negative politics should mend their ways for the sake of the country and the nation.

He said those creating chaos and anarchy by staging sit-ins had no concern with the problems of the people and these elements wanted completion of their personal agenda. That is why; these elements have set aside national interests for the sake of their personal interests. He said that on one hand, worst enemy of Pakistan was violating Line of Control and working boundary, while on the other hand, unwise elements were committing enmity to the country by threatening lockdown of Islamabad. He said that in the present circumstances, futile effort is being made to divide the nation, although, the nation needs unity and solidarity than ever before.

In a statement, the chief minister said the announcement of sit-in and lockdown of cities was tantamount to stopping the development of the country and prosperity of the people.

Shahbaz Sharif said that development projects worth billions of rupees were being executed speedily throughout the country. He said that the defeatist elements were perturbed over speedy and transparent completion of public welfare projects. If CPEC and development projects are disturbed the sit-in group will be responsible; therefore, those intending to lock down Islamabad should mend their ways, he added. He said that defeated elements should not take revenge of their failures from the masses.

The chief minister said these elements were afraid that if public welfare projects and power generation plants were completed their politics would be buried forever. He said those moving forward with agenda of damaging Pakistan should review their negative attitude. He said it would become clear in 2018 elections who had been supported by the people.

He said that due to chaos and negative politics, the country could not move ahead. He said those threatening of lockdown of Islamabad were afraid of speedy development of Pakistan and wanted to ruin the country for the achievement of their personal agenda. He said these defeated elements were standing alone in political field due to their negative politics and they did nothing except negative and politics of allegations during the last three and half years. It was better for those indulging in negative politics to make public service their hallmark, he added.

Saaf Pani: Shahbaz Sharif has said the Punjab government has evolved an excellent programme at a cost of billions of rupees for the provision of clean drinking water to the people of the province.

He presided over a meeting, here Monday which reviewed progress on different matters of Khadim-e-Punjab Saaf Pani Programme.

Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said the Punjab government had evolved an excellent programme at a cost of billions of rupees for the provision of clean drinking water. He said that potable water would be made available to the people during next one and half years. He said Khadim-e-Punjab Saaf Pani Programme was a splendid project of public welfare, which directly linked to human health as polluted water had become a source of spreading diseases.

The Punjab government will protect the people against the diseases by ensuring provision of clean drinking water through implementation of Khadim-e-Punjab Saaf Pani Programme, he added.

The chief minister expressed strong displeasure over non-implementation of some matters of the programme despite clear instructions and reprimanded the officials concerned on showing laxity in implementation of the decisions. He directed to constitute a committee, which will fix responsibility in case of negligence in this regard. He said there was no justification of negligence and laxity in implementation of the decisions taken during the meeting. He lamented that negligence was displayed in the implementation of the decisions regarding an important public welfare project. He directed to ensure implementation in letter and spirit on the decisions taken during the meeting and added that he would not tolerate such negligence in future.

The chief minister directed to take immediate steps for the capacity building of Punjab Saaf Pani Company and said the project would have to be forwarded without wasting time.