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Rs 71bn to be spent on social sector

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asdtaLAHORE: Punjab government is spending an amount of Rs 71 billion on the composite development of social sector in the province so that living standards of the people can be sufficiently improved by providing quality services in different sectors including healthcare, education, sports, social development and regional planning.

This was stated by Chairman Punjab Education Foundation (PEF), Raja Anwar while talking to a student’s delegation comprising partner school students and their teachers at his residence on Sunday.

Talking to the delegation, Raja Anwar said that students' community should give top priority to their studies so as to emerge as `agents of change' in the society.

Pakistan requires trained human resource to compete in the challenging world of the 21st century and this could be done through promoting quality education, he maintained.

Raja Anwar said that development of social sector was given special attention as it helps to improve the quality of life and provides equal opportunities of life to them.

The government reforms will help to set up a social system where all the people will be treated equally, said Raja Anwar.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

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