Daily Times

Sir: It is quite appreciable that under the committed leadership of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Punjab government has set a high benchmark of integrity, efficiency, transparency and merit in the implementation of  numerous development projects across the province and in the process also managed to save Rs 682 billion of public money. It can be said that performance coupled with saving is the vision of the chief minister.

The money so saved is almost twice of the size of the annual development programme of the province and it will now be utilised to launch more development projects in different sectors for the welfare and well-being of the people across the board during the remaining few months of the constitutional tenure of the provincial government.

It is also worth mentioning that while effecting saving of public money through transparent, efficient and honest utilisation of public funds, the chief minister has not allowed anyone to compromise on quality and high standards.

Twelve mega projects on which such huge saving of Rs 682 billion has so far been effected include Chiniot Iron Ore Deposits, Energy sector projects, Orange Line Metro Train, land retrieved from illegal occupants, Lahore Waste Management Company, Ring Road (Southern Loop 1 & 2), Metro Bus Network (Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan), Punjab Safe City programme, Pakistan Kidney and Live Institute, Self-Employment Scheme, Procurement of quality medicines and Solarisation of schools.

Those having any doubts about saving claims of the provincial  government may take the trouble and go and ask for further information and clarification in this regard from the official quarters concerned in order to satisfy themselves. After all, seeing is believing.

MZ RIFFAT

Lahore

Published in Daily Times, February 7^th 2018.