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Politics of allegations won’t succeed, says CM

By our correspondents
May 01, 2017

Says plundering of wealth by Asif and baseless allegations

by Imran have disappointed people

LAHORE

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that politics of baseless allegations, agitation and anarchy will not succeed. Those who are against the progress and development of this nation are enemies of Pakistan and they just want to achieve their personal agenda and have nothing to do with the public welfare.

The former rulers did not pay attention to the peoples' problems but were involved in looting the national wealth. The priorities of former rulers were something else and that is why the problems of masses have increased. He said ongoing progress and development in the country is a problem for political opponents.

Talking to Members of National Assembly, the chief minister said people of Pakistan only wanted progress and resolution of their problems. He said politically conscious people of Pakistan are disgusted with politics of those who are against progress and development, adding that these so-called politicians are afraid that completion of development projects would bring an end to their negative politics. He said those who are involved in lies, corruption and false accusation need to review their non-political and unethical attitude. The plundering of national wealth by Asif Zardari and lies and baseless allegations of Imran Khan have spread enough hopelessness in the masses, he added.

On one hand, there are former rulers with lack of vision who worsened the country’s economy whereas on the other hand, there is a ‘dharna group’ who tried to spread chaos and anarchy to stop Pakistan’s journey of progress and development. Had the former rulers paid attention to the challenges faced by the people instead of looting, today the situation would have been different, he added. He said the enlightened people of Pakistan have rejected the negative politics of some political elements, which are opposed to national development and prosperity. Those who do politics of chaos and agitation have nothing to do with the welfare of the people and such entities with the help of sit-ins, lockdowns and negative politics have hampered country's progress and development.

He said these elements had hatched conspiracies to stop the journey of progress and development in the country but the people of Pakistan foiled their evil designs. He said the PML-N government has made certain the right and better use of national resources and has set new records of transparency. He said there is a need for politics of service and not politics of accusation. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif real progress and development is going on in the country and darkness will eventually vanish from this country. The completion of energy projects will end outages in the start of 2018. The MNAs who called on the chief minister included Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry and Raza Hayat Hiraj. 

Saaf Pani: Shahbaz Sharif has said that clean drinking water is a basic need and right of every citizen which will be ensured to the people for which Saaf Pani Programme will be extended in a phased manner.

The chief minister presided over a meeting to review progress on Saaf Pani Programme. Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that potable water was an important component of life and for this purpose, a mega project had been evolved to provide clean drinking water to the citizens. Saaf Pani Programme is a splendid project of public welfare, which directly links to the human health as polluted water becomes a source of spreading diseases.

He said by learning lessons from the past mistakes we had to move forward this programme in a professional way because nothing was more important than the provision of clean drinking water to the masses. In the first phase, Saaf Pani Programme has been initiated from South Punjab and there is need for quality and speedy work for the implementation of this programme elsewhere. 

Labourers' role in growth vital: CM: Shahbaz Sharif has said that International Labour Day revives the memory of struggle of workers of Chicago in 1886 for their fundamental rights and sacrifices they offered in the attainment of their objectives.

In his message on International Labour Day, the chief minister said labourers and workers play a key role in strengthening of national economy and targets of development cannot be achieved without prosperity, empowerment and due respect of the workers. He said Islam has declared the labourer a friend of God and as such acknowledged his dignity. He said role of labourers and workers is very important in the progress and development of country. The more the workforce will be empowered, the soon we achieve targets of development.

The chief minister said under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N government is paying full attention to the welfare and uplift of the worker community, adding that workforce of the country has full potential to achieve the targets of development. He said thousands of youngsters have been imparted training under the Skill Development Programme of the Punjab government. Besides, 87,000 children of brick-kiln workers have been enrolled in different government-sponsored schools for providing them free education, he added.

Shahbaz Sharif stated that establishment of quality education institutions for the children of labourers besides social security hospitals and labour colonies are a proof of labour-friendly policies of the Punjab government. He said welfare measures for labourers would continue in future as well. “On this day, there is a need to renew the pledge that all-out support would be extended for the welfare of labourers and protection of their rights,” he added.