Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed Saturday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan did not believe in doing politics over petty issues but serving the masses as he was working on a mission to end poverty from the country.
In a media talk in response to the press conference of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Murad Saeed called for rising above political point scoring and making collective efforts to root out poverty and hunger from the country. He said the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf government had increased Sindh share in Ehsaas programme by 10 per cent due to prevalent poverty there. He said that the PPP leadership should be happy that more amount would be given to the poor from Sindh. He said the prime minister’s visit to Larkana, the home constituency of Bilawal was meant to distribute cheques of financial assistance to the vulnerable segments of the society under Ehsaas programme. He said that last year, Rs 192 billion were allocated for Ehsaas programme whereas this year the amount had been raised to Rs 208 billion. Moreover, Rs 144 billion more were added in wake of the financial crisis due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, Murad Saeed added.
He stated that when corona related lock down started, labourers at Thar coal mines were facing starvation and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail arranged financial support for them. However, the provincial government, instead of thanking him acted negatively. Similarly when PTI MNAs from Karachi were given grants by the Federal Government for resolution of water crisis in their respective constituencies, the provincial government took stay from courts.
Murad Saeed reminded that no new tax was imposed in the upcoming federal budget and Prime Minister Imran Khan gave Pakistan’s history’s biggest relief package to 16 million vulnerable families. He said that Sindh government had promised to provide ration to the people, but every day they had to listen to the “Bhashan”(lecture) of the PPP leadership. He said Pakistan People’s Party failed to resolve the grievances being faced by the people of Karachi and Sindh.
