Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar Monday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is taking the country in right direction as its focus is on the country's progress and prosperity.
"The opposition's narrative has flopped and the people have now no interest in the defeated leadership," the CM said, adding: "Corruption was at its peak during the tenure of former governments while record loans were taken in past two terms of 10 years and the money was not used for the welfare of people".
The chief minister stressed that PTI government is the most transparent in Pakistan's history. The elements who are afraid of change are peddling useless propaganda against the incumbent regime, he said in a statement.
Moreover, talking to a representative delegation of the All Pakistan Mines & Minerals Association led by its President Mir Behroz Baloch, here Monday, Sardar Usman said: "Pakistan is enriched with numerous mineral resources; there is a lot of potential in the mineral sector of the Punjab province and the need of the hour to utilize the mineral resources for the overall betterment of the country."
The chief minister maintained that reforms have been introduced by the government to promote the mineral sector on modern lines. Terming smog and pollution a major challenge, the CM said the environmental impact of local coal's utilization needs to be monitored; the government has taken different steps to overcome smog and environmental pollution and the brick-kilns are being transferred to zig-zag technology.
He disclosed that a composite policy has been devised for leasing out mines while ease of doing business policy has been adopted in the province.
The delegation apprised the chief minister about the problems being faced by the mining industry and the chief minister pledged to solve their genuine problems on priority basis.
The delegation was comprised Chairman Lakhra Coal Field Sindh Mir Abdul Samad, Haji Zar Nawaz Khan, Pir Bakhsh Rajan, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Pervaiz Laeeq, Fateh Shah Arif, Noor Badeeni, Sheikh Aziz, Sheikh Inam, Haji Rahat, Amjad Khan Jagwal and others.
Provincial secretaries of mines, environment and forests departments were also present on this occasion.
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