Minister Awais Leghari calls on CM Shehbaz

LAHORE, Feb 16 (APP):Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Leghari and Sardar Jamal Leghari called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, here Friday.
On the occasion, the Chief Minister said, the PML-N government removed the darkness of load shedding from the country by completing energy projects in a record period of time and added that process of industrial development would be accelerated and job opportunities would be enhanced due to overcoming of energy crisis. He lamented that those who told lies day and night enhanced problems of the masses by creating hurdles in energy projects.
The Chief Minister said, development and prosperity of the people of southern Punjab was very dear to him. He pointed out that development projects had been completed in southern Punjab with billions of rupees and the responsibility of development of the region would always be fulfilled. “The credit goes to the PML-N government that it has allocated more budget for southern Punjab as compared to its population ratio. Similarly, metro and speedo buses are providing quality travel facilities to hundreds and thousands of passengers every day in Multan. People have been provided honorable travelling facility through speedo buses in Lodhran and Bahawalpur, as well,” he added.
On the other side, he said, the village lifestyle had been transformed due to construction of thousands of kilometers long rural roads and due to Rs. 100 billion Kissan Package, farmers had been prospered and agricultural productivity had also been enhanced. Those who talked about backwardness of southern Punjab, had never given any attention to the solution of public problems in their tenure.
Federal Minister Sardar Awais Leghari, on the occasion, said, the PML-N government had won the hearts of the people by giving resources worth billions of rupees for the development and prosperity of southern Punjab.