Opposition asked not to politicise Machh incident

LAHORE:Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi has said that the opposition should refrain from doing politics over the Machh incident.

In a statement issued on Friday, he said that the opposition parties should not use innocent people for their political motives. He said that the Pak Army, police and law-enforcement agencies would bring terrorists to book.

The enemies of the country could not see Pakistan growing under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, he added.

uplift schemes: The Punjab Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved five development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 4.592 billion. The schemes were approved in the 19th PDWP meeting of the fiscal year 2020-21, chaired by Planning & Development Board Chairman Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh. All P&D Board members, relevant provincial secretaries, Senior Chief (Coordination) Javed Latif, Assistant Chief (Coordination) Shahid Idrees and other representatives of departments concerned also attended the meeting, according to the Punjab P&D Department’s spokesperson here on Friday.

The spokesperson said that the approved development schemes included construction of dual carriageway from Faisalabad Dry Port to Sahianwala via Chak Jhumra (19.27-km), district Faisalabad (revised) at the cost of Rs 1,138.488 million; feasibility study for mega water supply scheme for city Ahmadpur East, district Bahawalpur (PC-II) at the cost of Rs 12.383 million; construction of Lalu Daira Shah, district Dera Ghazi Khan, at the cost of Rs 1,106.719 million; feasibility study for remodeling of BRBD link canal to meet shortage in Lahore & Kasur division (PC-II) at the cost of Rs 118.006 million and Land Records Services at Qanungoi level (revised) at the cost of Rs 2,216.691 million.