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RIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday declared that he will never turn away from the people of South Punjab as he has a heart-to-heart connection with them, announcing the construction of a cancer hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan and a university in Rajanpur. Addressing a massive PML-N rally in Dera Ghani Khan on Saturday, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that an era of progress and prosperity had dawned upon the area, promising job opportunities for the youth. “Nawaz Sharif cancer hospital is being constructed in Lahore and another cancer hospital will be built in DG Khan,” he added. “I remember very well that this was not a favour done to you but I just want to recall what we did, we built Daanish
schools, free medicine, laptops and a conditional cash transfer programme for the whole region’s children,” he said. He continued, “Whether that was for the rozgar scheme or girl’s education
programme, me and Nawaz Sharif have always kept quota higher for south Punjab compared to the rest of Punjab. “This was your right and to complete it we will also work towards it and you
should as well,” he said. “The people of south Punjab, I haven’t given anything to you but given your love for Nawaz Sharif, me and the party I promise by God that even if I work throughout my life I cannot repay that favour,” he added. PM Shehbaz said the federal government was committed to uniform progress and prosperity of all areas with uplift of backward areas like South Punjab by spreading a vast network of development projects. He told the huge crowd that when they came to power, the inflation had reached over 40 percent, but his leader Nawaz Sharif decided to sacrifice politics for the sake of the country. With hard work and pro-development policies of the incumbent government, the inflation was capped below 2.4 percent while the interest rate had been reduced to 12 percent benefitting the investors, business people and farmers, he added.
Conveyed serious concerns to CJP about state of judiciary: Barrister Gohar ISLAMABAD/ SARGODHA STAFF REPORT
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Saturday that Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi had advised the party to remain part of the political system and not to boycott it. Speaking to reporters at district courts in Islamabad, he said that the PTI had a long charge sheet against the government. “We are not pleased with the country’s judiciary. And we conveyed our concerns to the CJP in our meeting with him yesterday,” he said, adding, “Treating the party in such a manner is not a good omen for democracy in the country.” Barrister Gohar said that no matter to whom former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan’s letters were addressed, he, in his correspondence, had raised some serious issues so that there could be no further divide between the Pakistan Army and the masses. “PTI’s house is in order, and there is no truth in reports of the formation of a forward bloc,” the PTI chairman said categorically, adding, “Sher Afzal Marwat’s expulsion from the PTI was the party’s internal matter. Whosoever violates the discipline, has to face action.” Barrister Gohar again said that Imran Khan would decide about the future of those PTI leaders who had left the party in the wake of the May 9 violence. “Even Akbar S. Babar calls himself a PTI leader. This is the state of mind of an individual. But the party’s stance on the issue is clear.” He said that the PTI had entered into a dialogue with the government with sincerity. “We wanted a solution to the stalemate between the party and the government could be found out.