LAHORE: A delegation comprising parliamentarians from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), led by Provincial Minister Shaukat Yousafzai, called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at his office on Tuesday and discussed matters of mutual interest.
The CM promised to provide necessary assistance for the safe cities project in KP and both sides agreed to exchange delegations to further strengthen mutual relations.
The delegation appreciated the steps taken by CM Usman Buzdar for welfare of people as well as promotion of inter-provincial harmony.
The CM asserted that colossal work had been done in three years by the Punjab government to ensure balanced development. The past rulers remained engrossed in lip service while the PTI government initiated genuine development in the province to improve the quality of life of people, he added.
The chief minister said Punjab was following the policy of taking other provinces along to ensure composite development in the country. He said district development packages had been introduced for unified development, adding that he had introduced positive political traditions as he believed in tolerance and mutual respect.
Punjab was being run as a team and those engaged in dividing the nation should refrain from such negative tactics, he said. Criticism and levelling allegations was not the traditions of the PTI as it followed the policy of trust, honesty and devotion, Usman Buzdar added.
The political opponents were targeted in the past, he regretted and added that record legislation had been carried out by the Punjab Assembly. Any incident of violence against women was unacceptable, he said and added that crisis centres were being started in Darul Amaan to facilitate the needy women.
KP Deputy Speaker Mehmood Jan, Special Assistant Riaz Khan, MPAs Dr Sumaira Shams, Aasia Khattak, Madiha Nisar, Soomi Falak Naz and others were part of the delegation.