RECORDER REPORT
LAHORE (March 07 2010): Punjab Chief
Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said
that a comprehensive strategy has been
adopted for the provision of basic
facilities to the people and rapid
development of the province, moreover, the
government is paying special attention for
the development of far-flung and backward
areas.
He said that work on development projects
under Annual Development Program (ADP) was
being carried out speedily and living
standard of people would improve after
completion of these projects. He was
presiding over a high level meeting held to
review the implementation of ADP at Chief
Minister's Secretariat, here Saturday.
Senator Ishaq Dar, Chief Secretary,
Additional Chief Secretary, Chairman
Planning & Development and Secretary Finance
attended the meeting. Muhammad Shahbaz
Sharif said that Punjab Government had
ensured timely and transparent completion of
development projects and now plundering and
embezzlement in development funds had become
part of the history.
Every penny of the people was being spent on
their welfare and third party audit system
had been made compulsory for all big
development projects, he added. He said that
not only best travelling facilities would be
available to the people due to improvement
of infrastructure in the province but
industrial and trade activities would also
be promoted.
He said that financial discipline had been
adopted by reducing non-development
expenditure and funds obtaining through
reduction in non-development expenditure
were being spent on the welfare of the
people. He said that special attention was
being given on the generation of additional
resources for the development projects so
that these resources could be utilised on
elimination of poverty, ignorance,
unemployment and provision of better
facilities to the people.
He said that special attention was also
being paid for improvement of education,
health, infrastructure, and agriculture and
LIVESTOCK sectors in the annual development
programme. He said unprecedented welfare
programmes were going on successfully for
bringing the deprived segments of the
province into mainstream and thousands of
people were benefiting from them. The
meeting also reviewed in detail
implementation on various developments
projects under ADP and utilisation of funds.
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