Lahore: During a reception in honour of the Provincial Ministers and Members of the Assembly, Governor Punjab, Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar, as the Patron-in-Chief, announced 1538 projects of the Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority in the first phase at a cost of Rs. 5500 million. While Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mazari and Information Advisor Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan were also present at the reception held at Governor’s House.
The participants appreciated Governor Punjab and Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority for providing clean drinking water to the masses.According to details, Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar hosted a reception at Governor’s House Lahore in honour of the provincial ministers and members of the Assembly. On the occasion, Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mazari and Information Advisor Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Provincial Ministers Mian Mahmood-ul-Rasheed, Noman Langarial and Hussain Bukhari, Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, Dr Akhtar Malik, Mian Khalid Mahmood, Fayyaz-ul- Hassan Chauhan, Ansar Majeed Niazi and Ajmal Cheema, Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-Din, Raja Rashid Hafeez, Khayal Ahmed Castro, Sardar Muhammad Asif Nikai and other provincial ministers and members of the assembly participated and all the attendees appreciated Governor Punjab and Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority for provision of potable water across Punjab.
Addressing the reception and talking to the media, Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar while announcing 1538 projects of Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority at a cost of Rs. 5500 million said that finally after two years the bureaucracy and Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority are on the same page for the provision of safe drinking water so the promises made to the public will be fulfilled.Governor Punjab said that I assure all the members of the Assembly and the people that transparency will be ensured in these projects. I will not allow anyone to take or give a commission on these projects.
He further said that filtration plants would be set up in all provincial constituencies of Punjab without any political discrimination and clean drinking water would be provided to the people in the constituencies of the members of the coalition parties as well as the opposition parties.Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said that we do not believe in temporary solutions so we are taking steps to resolve the problems on a permanent basis. Opposition’s criticism of government’s policies is their political compulsion but the public is well aware that Prime Minister Imran Khan has no personal or political agenda.
They want the development and prosperity of the country and no obstacle will be tolerated in safeguarding the public interest, he reiterated.During the reception, Chairman Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority Dr Shakeel Ahmed and Chief Executive Syed Zahid Aziz also gave a detailed briefing on the projects of Punjab Aab-e-Pak Authority to the participants of the reception.
