Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the nation would have not faced the difficult circumstances today had economic robbery not been committed in the past.
In a statement issued on Friday, the Chief Minister said that efforts would be made to remove the reservations of the traders’ community despite difficulties and added that interests of the business community would be protected to every possible extent. The purpose of ostensibly difficult economic decisions is to wriggle the country out of economic difficulties so that it could become economically self-reliant. He said that the bailout package of international financial institutions signifies their trust over our economic policies. He said that Pakistan is moving towards peace and progress and the economy should be saved from any politics. The purpose of hue and cry is to divert the attention from financial corruption but these elements will not be succeeded in their designs. We want to remove poverty and deprivations at any cost, he added.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has directed the provincial administration and line departments to remain vigilant in wake of the recent spell of rains. He directed that drainage system should be made functional and necessary machinery and other resources should be fully utilized for drainage of water from low-lying areas. The traffic should not be affected due to rains and steps should be made in advance to avoid traffic jam like situation. He said that officials of administration and rescue agencies should personally monitor the relief work.
Moreover, Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that Islam presented the idea of social cooperation 14 hundred years ago through the innovative ‘Muakhaat-e-Madina’ and ‘ansar’ and ‘muhajir’ communities presented a unique example of mutual cooperation which is worth-following even today.
In his message, the Chief Minister said that we should reiterate our commitment that cooperative agencies will be run according to their true spirit so that more and more needy people could be benefited. The cooperative agencies should perform according to the golden principle of mutual help so that this social movement could be continued in society. He said that Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited is providing agri.
Loans worth billions of rupees in the members of cooperative societies on easy terms and the Punjab government is also working hard to bring ease in the lives of the people from different walks of life including the farmers through this beneficial movement. One example of this is the provision interest-free tractors to the members of cooperative societies in 13 barani districts of the province. He said that important changes are being introduced in the organizations’ working in the field of agriculture, housing and industry, etc so that their performance could be transformed according to the present-day conditions. The PTI government is also working to make this movement a beneficial option for every sector of life, he concluded.
