Lahore, September 04, 2021 (PPI-OT): Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar has repeated that the PTI government believes in composite development adding that development projects have been launched after identifying genuine public needs and requirements for different areas.

In a statement, the CM vowed that no area will remain deprive of development adding that backward areas are given equal importance in the development journey. Development is the fundamental right of the people of south Punjab which has been returned to them by the PTI government, he continued. The Punjab cabinet has approved rules of business of the south Punjab secretariat and the government has fulfilled its promise by giving administrative autonomy to it, he stated.

The CM regretted that the past government befooled the people of south Punjab with empty slogans and appropriated south Punjab funds for projects of choice. The PTI government has allocated a ring-fenced budget of Rs. 189 billion to ensure balanced development in the south Punjab districts, he said. Similarly, the CM concluded that the foundation stone of the south Punjab secretariat will be laid soon in Bahawalpur while a separate ADP book is also printed.

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