F.P. Report
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the menace of corruption has weakened the foundations of the country and the plunder of the corrupt elements, ranging over a period of 70 years, has brought the country to the brink of destruction.
Talking to various delegations which called on him at his office in Lahore on Friday, Usman Buzdar said that the national resources were mercilessly wasted in the name of development in the past and those who have had looted the hard-earned money of the people ruthlessly will have to be answerable.
He said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has adopted a policy of zero-tolerance against corruption as the country has got an honest leadership under Prime Minister Imran Khan and the honest PTI leadership will move the country forward.
The Chief Minister said that people have rejected the hollow slogan-mongers in the elections and these elements have also lost their credibility. The PTI government has served the people during the last nine months and its performance is evident before the people, he said and added “We speak less and perform more.”
Usman Buzdar stated, “We have come into power to serve the people and this mission will be continued. We do not believe in the politics of exhibitory projects and tall-claims. The days of those who were engaged in the politics of loot and plunder are numbered and they should read the writing on the wall because the people are fully aware. The jugglers had bankrupted the province with their exhibitory projects and the government is striving hard to bring change for improving things.”
He said that bridges and roads were constructed in the past but no attention was paid to schools and hospitals. During the previous tenures, the mega-loans were not spent on public welfare and the people were befooled with hollow-slogans whereas personal pockets were filled, he added. The Chief Minister said that durable steps are being taken for public welfare and he is also meeting with the people by visiting different cities and localities.
He said that development is the right of the people living in backward areas and priorities have been identified to fulfill their fundamental needs.
He reiterated that people have given their votes to the PTI for bringing change as well as the accountability of the corrupt elements and added that this public mandate will be fulfilled. Pakistan is a rich country with an abundance of resources but after Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the country could not get an honest leadership while corruption, loot, and maladministration reigned the country during the last ten years, he added.
Usman Buzdar said, “Had the past governments been honest, the present generations would have not been in debt today? It is the right of the people that they should be given necessities of life and the PTI government will go to every extent to give this right to them.”
