Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said a strong Pakistan Muslim League is the guarantee of the country's solidarity and people will bring about a historic victory for the PML in the forthcoming general elections for the continuity of on-going development process in the country.
He was addressing the Punjab Assembly members, Nazims and PML office-bearers hailing from Vehari District here on Monday, disclosed an official. He said consultations had been completed in most of the districts of the province regarding the upcoming elections.
He also said the party leadership was dealing with all matters efficiently, yielding excellent results. "Alliance with other political parties will be considered after elections," he added. "The government has spent Rs 64 billion on development projects to remove poverty, backwardness and ignorance from Southern Punjab and more funds will be provided to the region.
Allocation of resources for backward areas on the instructions of President General Pervez Musharraf had resulted in raising the standard of living of the people, he asserted.
Up to Rs 4.5 billion had so far been spent on the development and uplift of district Vehari whereas development schemes worth Rs 1.5 billion were being implemented, he said. The Chief Minister said the PML would contest the elections on the basis of these development programmes and would win with a thumping majority.
"Rescue 1122 service is also being initiated in Southern Punjab for the relief of victims of accidents and calamities. An amount of Rs 55 million is being spent on the construction of a gymnasium in Vehari while Rs 85 million are being utilised on sewerage and sanitation schemes.
A sum of Rs 1 billion has been spent on the repair and construction of roads, which include 29km long Vehari-Multan road, 28km long Tibba Sultanpur-Makhdoom Rasheed road, 40km portion from Vehari to Tibba Sultanpur and repair and reconstruction of Vehari to Katcha Kho Road.
Girls colleges in Tibba Sultanpur, Gagu, Shaikh Fazal and Machhiwal while boys degree colleges in Tibba Sultanpur and Luddon at a cost of Rs 240 million were being established, he told the delegation.
Provision of additional resources for the uplift of remote areas is an important feature of the development strategy of the government," he added. He also said the Pakistan Muslim League would fight the People's Party hard from its own platform in the elections and meet a glorious success.
He said assembly members, Nazims and PML office-bearers should set aside their mutual difference and forge unity in their ranks in the interest of public service and development of the country as well as strengthening of the party. "Unity in the PML is necessary to defeat political opponents in the elections," he added.
Those who also attended were Minister of State for Information Technology Ishaq Khan Khaqwani, Punjab Ministers Haroon Sultan and Mohayyuddin Chishti, Vehari District Nazims Syed Shahid Naseem Mehdi, PML leaders Saeed Ahmed Khan Manais, Mumtaz Ahmed Khichi and President Muslim League Vehari, Chaudhry Nazir Ahmed Arain.
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