Lahore, June 29, 2021 (PPI-OT): Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar said the government has given south Punjab districts their rights which were usurped in the past adding that a separate development budget has also been devised for the first time. In a statement, the CM regretted that South Punjab’s funds were spent on other cities and the people of south Punjab were deceived in the name of development. Not only south Punjab was kept backward but people were also deceived through misleading figures, he continued.

In the past, the overall utilization of development funds in south Punjab was not more than 17 per cent but the PTI government has allotted more than 34 per cent budget for south Punjab to ensure composite development, he maintained. The PTI has also ring-fenced south Punjab’s development budget to ensure the welfare of the people of remote areas. The days of backwardness of south Punjab are over and the whole country will be made prosperous under the dynamic leadership of PM Imran Khan, concluded the CM.

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