Staff Reporter
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar terming the poverty as the root cause of societal disorder, stressed the need for overcoming economic injustice.
Poverty alleviation was imperative for overcoming the menace of fanaticism, he said in his message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The chief minister said the unjust distribution of resources increased the divide between the rich and the poor.
In order to overcome poverty, he said, solid planning and advance effective steps were needed to be adopted. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was undertaking a number of programmes to alleviate poverty, he added.
Buzdar said raising the living standard of common man was part of governmental priorities and the rich should also play their role in that regard.
The Day stressed that every member of the society should lend a helping hand on the matter and provide an opportunity to take necessary steps for lessening the difficulties of those who were living a wretched life, he added.
Chief Minister Buzdar said it was time to maintain internal unity instead of indulging in the politics of creating chaos.
The journey had started to achieve the goal of a new Pakistan but some disgruntled people were trying to impede it, he said while talking to citizens and notables from D G Khan, who called on him here at his office.
The chief minister said the people had already rejected those elements who were afraid of a change and would shun them in future too.
He said those who were making a hue and cry had no agenda for public welfare. They would fail in their endeavours as they were doing the politics of personal interests, he added.
“No one will be allowed to hinder the national development process,” he asserted. Buzdar said, “We all will move forward to realize the dream of change in the country.” The government was all-out efforts to bring a real change in the country, he added.
The chief minister regretted that the economy was ruined due to wrong policies of the previous tenures. He listened to the problems of people and issued directions for their solution.
