DERA ISMAIL KHAN:Special Assistant to the prime minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the tragic accident of Hazara Express in Nawabshah district of Sindh.
In a statement, the special assistant said the Hazara Express train accident has made whole the nation sad.
He said Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was in constant contact with the Sindh administration and monitoring the relief activities.
He commended the role of local administration and rescue organizations in rescue operation.
Faisal Kundi said the active participation of Pakistan Army and Rangers in the relief work was also commendable.
He prayed the Almighty to rest the departed souls in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved families to bear this loss with fortitude.
He also prayed for speedy recovery of those who got injured in the accident.
The prime minister said former judge Saqib Nisar and other co-conspirators ousted Nawaz Sharif on the basis of residence permit even when his name was not among the 400 persons named in the Panama papers.
Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz appeared before the court 100 times in their cases and did not evade arrests as was later done by Imran Niazi who presented a fake receipt for an expensive watch imprinted with a model of Khana-e-Kaaba and came in court with a “bucket on his head”, he added.
He said those who filed false and concocted cases against opposition leaders now met divine justice.
He said in the tenure of Imran Niazi, several cases of corruption surfaced including wheat and sugar scams in which money was minted by unnecessary export and import of these commodities and then these acts of fraud were never probed and citizens bore the burden of loot and plunder.
He said his government faced unprecedented challenges of inflation and devastating floods.
“My government distributed Rs100 billion among the flood affectees and several hundreds of billions are still required for their rehabilitation.”
He said due to his government’s policies and distribution of seeds and fertilizer on lower rates, bumper wheat was produced while cotton production this year would also be at record levels.
“My government saved the country from default and from difficult economic conditions, unemployment and price hikes by signing the agreement with the International Monetary Fund.”
He said reasons of current inflation were war in Ukraine and rising international commodity and fuel prices, adding due to the mismanagement of the past government, his government had to sign agreement with IMF despite its tough conditions.
Saudi Arabia gave $ two billion, UAE $ one billion and China rescheduled loans of $ five billion so that Pakistan could meet the financing needs for finalizing the IMF agreement, he informed.
He said as chief minister he served the people of Punjab with sincerity, undertook massive projects in health and education sectors, built road network in the province and gave free medicine to people.
He vowed that their next government would bring revolution in the agriculture sector, extract minerals worth billions of dollars and equip youth with latest tools of information technology.The youth programme would be implemented at the federal and provincial levels and more laptops would be given to the students on merit.
He lamented that billions of rupees were wasted on unnecessary court cases instead of a focus on mineral extraction in the provinces.
He told that the National Assembly would be dissolved on August 9 and a caretaker government would be formed.
He prayed for the departed souls who lost their lives in the train accident during the day and after sinking of a boat in Head Sulemanki.
Earlier, the prime minister was given detailed briefing on the new infrastructure projects. Governor Punjab Balighur Rehman and legislators of Pakistan Muslim League(N) accompanied the prime minister.