Terming national unity imperative for the country's development, Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar Wednesday said that political forces should give priority to the national interest, as Pakistan is passing through a critical phase.
"Pakistan is facing different internal and external challenges and it is the time to maintain internal unity and the importance of brotherhood and national unity has increased than before," the CM said in a statement.
Sardar Usman emphasized that everyone should shun personal differences and should give a message of unity to the whole world. "All will have to move forward unitedly for the sake of bright future of the country. We should think about Pakistan and live for it because we owe a lot to our motherland," he said.
Talking to Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal Aon Abbas at his office today, the CM said that facilitating the common man is the responsibility of the government, adding that insensitive rulers compounded the difficulties of the people in the past.
On the contrary, the welfare of the common man is the main focus of the PTI government, he said. He pointed out that welfare programmes like shelter homes are the best example of public service and added that the scope of shelter homes project is being extended to other districts.
He added that shelter homes project is a welfare initiative for the hapless strata who were, earlier, forced to sleep on roads because of the paucity of resources. Helping the needy is a priority agenda of the government and Prime Minister has been continuously working for the welfare of the general public, Abbas added.
Buzdar maintained that helping the hapless is a useful mean of promoting brotherhood in the society. Along with it, necessities of the destitute people are being fulfilled through Ehsaas Programme, he added. He expressed the satisfaction that Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal is doing an important job of helping the people in need and has become a source of strength for the impecunious strata.
Aon Abbas apprised the chief minister about various initiatives of the Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019