Skip to main content

Corruption major hurdle to progress: Buzdar

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the government is working by day and night with the determination of absolute elimination of corruption under the vibrant leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.The PTI government has promoted the trend of transparency in public affairs. He said that zero-tolerance against corruption is yielding positive results as we are taking effective measures at every step to eradicate corruption by promoting transparency, he added. The chief minister said that the credit of containing corruption and increasing transparency went to the PTI government.In his statement, the chief minister said that menace of corruption was a major obstacle to progress of our country. In the past, Pakistan was undeniably harmed by plundering national resources and corruption.He said the corrupt elements filled their pockets and left our national exchequer empty. Furthermore, he said the PTI government wanted across the board accountability of corrupt elements and there was no room for these elements in new Pakistan. He said the government’s agenda was transparent Pakistan and transparency of the government’s policies was being applauded around the globe. Concrete steps taken by the government to eliminate corruption in such short span of time had no match in the history of the country. The elements involved in corruption are the real enemies of our country and nation as it is only because of them that Pakistan today has left behind in the race of progress. He said the PTI came to power with the agenda of eradication of corruption and would surely complete it, he concluded.felicitates APNS: Usman Buzdar has congratulated newly-elected president of APNS, Hameed Haroon and Secretary General Sarmad Ali. He also extended his best wishes to other elected members, including Senior Vice-President Rameeza Majid Nizami, Vice-President Mumtaz A Tahir, Joint Secretary SM Munir Jilani and Finance Secretary Shahab Zubari.The chief minister said that newspapers highlight social issues effectively. The role of newspapers in reshaping the public opinion cannot be denied. He said the PTI government believed in freedom of expression.He hoped that newly-elected APNS officials would keep their effective role in addressing the issues of media industry.

from The News International - Peshawar https://ift.tt/2HPcQzp

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Student council oath-taking ceremony

Islamabad:The Millennium College hosted a Student Council Investiture Ceremony 2019 at its Flagship Campus, I-9/3, says a press release.The student council comprising of AS & A Level, IBDP program and IGCSE’s vowed under oath that they will be active and responsible members of the student executive council and will abide by the laws made by the college and the managing body to guarantee themselves and the student body a better campus life.Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi graced the occasion and inducted the School’s Head Boy Sarosh Atif and Head Girl Qirrat Ali as well as the Executive Council Members of all clubs and societies established within the school system. After administering the oath, Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi along with the Founder & Chairman The Millennium Education Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, Director International Qualifications Azra Tahir and Principal of Millennium College, Campus I-9/3, Muneeze Muzzafar awarded sashes, badges and certificates to the members of the co...

3 drug pushers, bootlegger held

Islamabad :Islamabad Industrial Area Police have arrested three drug pushers and a bootlegger besides recovery of narcotics and 120 liter liquor from them, a police spokesman said.According to details, a police team of Industrial Area police station arrested three drug pushers namely Kamran, Irfan and Shamoon Masih and recovered 320 gram heroin and 210 gram hashish from them,.Another police team arrested a bootlegger namely Ansar Javed and recovered 120 liter wine, bottles, stickers and brewing equipment from him. Cases have been registered against these nabbed persons and further investigation is underway from them.SP (Industrial Area) Zubair Ahmad Shaikh has said that Industrial Area zone police is doing its job efficiently and crackdown against criminals would be continued.Despite the sit in, he said Islamabad Police has been performing its duty quite efficiently and has successfully managed to maintain the daily life in the Capital.In this regard, Senior Police officers including S...

Pragmatic steps taken to implement Axle Load Control regime on NH&MP

Islamabad: Ministry of Communications has taken pragmatic steps to implement the Axle Load Control regime on Motorways & National Highways in the country. Sole objective of this move is to control travelling of overloaded vehicles which lead to fatal accidents besides damaging the national asset of road network of billions of rupees.Prior to implementation of axle load control regime, a technical committee was formed, consisting of officers from Ministry of Communications and National Highway Authority which remained in constant contacts with transport community, Members of the Chambers of Commerce and stakeholders hailing from all the provinces. This technical committee visited their offices and held detailed discussions in series of meetings and took them into confidence to facilitate implementation of Axle Load Control regime. The stakeholders assured of their full cooperation and subsequently, implementation of Axle Load Control was realized which is in progress.It is worth to ...