The caretaker Local Government Minister of Punjab Ibrahim Hasan Murad has said that the Punjab government would provide all kinds of support for the completion of development projects and would also ensure the relief of the people’s sufferings if the projects are not completed on time. Presiding over a meeting on the development projects of the Local Government Department, he further said that the government would not let the cost go beyond the fixed limit by controlling the expenditures. He instructed the officers to take the local community of the place where there was a public project into confidence and work with their cooperation.
The provincial minister said, “I will try my best to provide the best civic facilities to all the villages of Punjab like the cities. I believe that the power is the trust of Allah and the nation, I’ll make every possible effort to fulfill the aspirations of the nation by doing work hard for the days in power and ensure to use the national money honestly for public welfare.”
The LG minister said that support from the education sector would be beneficial for the master planning of cities. He asserted, “Punjab Cities Program is very important for the development of small Tehsils while the restoration of old Lahore will enhance the beauty of the modern city along with foreign tourism.” Ibrahim Murad also said that keeping cities and villages clean was the responsibility of the government as well as the people.
He said that effective steps should be taken to complete all the development projects on time and quality should be ensured.
The Minister said, “if a project cannot be completed, it should not be taken up.