The ongoing word war between Punjab and Sindh’s leadership showed no signs of ease when Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz once again hit back against critics and warned that these berated Punjab would receive a strong response.
She insisted that upbringing her voice to her people’s rights was her duty and that she would never apologize for doing so.
Defense Punjab’s share in the country’s water resources declared the minister of chief that the province’s water belonged to its farmers and could not be sacrificed by the altar of Politics.
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When she spoke at the launch of the second phase of Laore’s electrical bus project on Friday, she complained that when disasters hit Punjab, its wounds were elaborated through political scoring instead of solidarity.
She remembered to offer support to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after a deadly cloudburst, but noted that when Punjab was facing similar challenges, its relief efforts were mocked at press conferences.
By rejecting criticism of not seeking international assistance, she said that when the intention was service, there was no need to seek charity from anyone.
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Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz renewed their verbal spat over the use of the Benazir income support program to support the flooded people in Punjab.
PPP has long advocated the proposal that Bisp would be the most appropriate way to support the flood victims; However, the Punjab government is reluctant to the idea. The provincial government insists that the government’s flooding efforts are well done.
Bisp is a national program for providing cash assistance to poor and vulnerable families, especially targeting women. First Lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari warned that it would be “unfair not to use” Bisp, who, according to her, was the “most effective way” to distribute help.
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Her comments came a day after Punjab -Information Minister Azma Bokhari revealed that the provincial government would issue “relief cards” to the flood victims in their personal names from his own resources instead of using Bisp to help them.
Aseefa wrote on X that recent floods in Punjab affected more than four million people, stressing that Bisp would be the most effective and fastest way for the distribution of help.
However, Bokhari strongly criticized PPP for pulling the bisp into the floods. “Nobody wants to abolish Bisp. The question is: Why do you want to use it during floods?” Bokhari mentioned. “To pull it repeatedly into flooding policy is exactly what we call politicization.”
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She accused PPP of ignoring the interests of the Punjab people and resorting to flooding policy. She defended the Punjab government’s performance during the floods and said that even the PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had praised Maryam Nawaz.
With question the role of PPP in Punjab, the provincial Minister of Information said, “When will you, while living in Punjab, ever fight for Punjab’s case? Do you want Punjab’s people to be deprived of wheat, flour and bread?”
She added: “If you were able to do something, you wouldn’t sit at home and tell us where the flood should strike or where the dam should violate. Such decisions are made by governments according to situation and circumstances.”
Lahore Electric Bus Service Second Phase Launched
Maryam inaugurated the second phase of Lahore Electric Bus Service and denotes a gift to the people of the province’s capital.
During the expansion, 40 new buses are introduced with operations on two new routes – Raiwind to Jinnah Terminal in Thokar Niaz Baig and Jinnah Terminal to Harbanspura.
The ticket price is set to only RS20, while the elderly, women, students and special persons will be able to travel for free. The buses are equipped with free Wi-Fi, mobile phone charging ports, separate rooms for women and CCTV monitoring. The ceremony also contained the screening of a documentary showing the features of the new service.
