“We are committed to completing public welfare projects through private investment and sparing public resources only where it is needed the most,” the SACM said.
He expressed these views while talking to media at the office of Punjab Public Private Partnership Authority here. Vice Chairman WASA Sheikh Imtiaz and CEO Punjab Public Private Partnership Authority Amjad Awan were also present.
Hasaan Khawar said that under public-private partnership, several projects worth Rs191 billion were in the pipeline in Punjab. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, the govt had introduced measures to facilitate private investors in Punjab through Investment Facilitation Center, Special Economic Zones and zero NOC regime, which were previously thought of only in developed countries, he added. Responding to questions of media persons on the occasion, he said that the opposition had for the last several decades garnered ‘dictatorship’ in the name of democracy in which there was no room for dissent. He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was the first democratic party which promoted self-accountability. Responding to another question, Hasaan Khawar said the government would not allow the “horse trading market” in the country like the nineties. He also said that the previous rulers had left dilapidated government dispensaries for masses while themselves were getting treatment from London. Prime Minister Imran Khan gave a revolutionary gift like health card to the people, he said and added that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s welfare thinking was behind the initiatives like construction of Bhasha, Dasu and Mohmand dams.
in the country, Ehsaas programme and Ehsas Ration programmes. He said that Aleem Khan and Jahangir Tareen stood by the PTI government.