{"id":8047,"date":"2022-05-07T13:50:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=8047"},"modified":"2022-05-07T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:50:19","slug":"punjab-will-not-be-the-only-province-to-prosper-in-my-govt-shehbaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-will-not-be-the-only-province-to-prosper-in-my-govt-shehbaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab will not be the only province to prosper in my govt: Shehbaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday promised the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that Punjab will not be the only province that will prosper during his government.<\/p>\n<p>He made these remarks while addressing a public gathering in K-P&#8217;s Shangla district.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will make flour cheaper, sugar cheaper. I will urge that every shop sells flour at cheaper rates. If that&#8217;s not possible for them then I will pay to make flour rates cheaper. Sindh, K-P, Balochistan will prosper. Punjab will not be the only province to prosper,&#8221; Shehbaz said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/APPNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#APPNews<\/a> : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing public gathering <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shangla?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shangla<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PakPMO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PakPMO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMShehbaz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMShehbaz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h4lTjZ05B2\">https:\/\/t.co\/h4lTjZ05B2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; APP (@appcsocialmedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/appcsocialmedia\/status\/1522910150037839872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz said that whatever he promises he delivers, unlike his predecessor who only made false promises to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will never lie to you\u2026 I will never make false promises. If I make a mistake I will ask for forgiveness. As long as I have strength, I will toil day and night for your prosperity,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said that former prime minister Imran Khan only made false promises and disappointed the nation for four years. &#8220;What he will tell the nation? That load-shedding has increased because he was sleeping? I will ensure that everyone has electricity,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>PM Shehbaz said that poor man suffers due to lack of medical facilities but he will change it during his tenure. &#8220;I will make sure that people receive free medical treatment in K-P and soon across Pakistan. Expenses have risen\u2026 in four years they (PTI) took highest loans,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Pakistan has seen a lot of corruption these past four years and this is not the Pakistan our ancestors had envisioned. &#8220;This nation was built on the sacrifices of our ancestors. They must be turning in their graves now because this is not the Pakistan they envisioned. Education is a basic right for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Almighty has blessed Pakistan with an abundance of natural resources but despite all of that, our children cannot go to school. &#8220;Crying won&#8217;t do anything, we need to act. Hard work, blood and sweat will ensure the label of beggar does not apply to us anymore,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz said that Pakistan will be a great nation one day but we will achieve it only by working hard, and not sleeping. &#8220;We cannot beg endlessly&#8230; one day we will have to stand on our own feet,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will ask K-P chief minister to decrease the price of wheat in the province. If he doesn&#8217;t do that then I will sell my own clothes but make sure wheat price decreases in the province,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Shehbaz said that wheat will be sold at the same price in K-P as it is being sold in Punjab.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rs2 billion uplift package announced for Shangla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz also announced a Rs2 billion mega development package for speedy uplift of Shangla district during his address.<\/p>\n<p>He said 132 KV grid station at Poran would be completed in three months. He also announced construction of a medical college at Shangla.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said that there would be no shortage of wheat flour in the province and asked the K-P government to facilitate and ensure the just distribution of Punjab flour to its people on prescribed rate.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pm-shehbaz-sharif-meets-saudi-crown-prince-mohammad-bin-salman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PM Shehbaz Sharif meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday promised the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that Punjab will not be the only province that will prosper during his government. He made these remarks while addressing a public gathering in K-P&#8217;s Shangla district. &#8220;I will make flour cheaper, sugar cheaper. I will urge that every shop sells flour at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[580,5415,189],"class_list":["post-8047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","tag-prime-minister-shehbaz-sharif","tag-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}