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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Thursday said that Southern Punjab has moved on the road to genuine development while the PML-N government is bringing a ‘genuine revolution’ for the prosperity of the people and national development in the country.

While talking to MNAs and MPAs of the Southern Punjab, here Thursday, Shahbaz said that special attention had been paid to the development of less-developed areas under the strategy of ensuring composite development. The PML-N government has given more development funds to the Southern Punjab as compared to its population and this has resulted in composite development and prosperity there, he claimed.

Shahbaz maintained that credit of doing practical steps goes to the PML-N with respect to restoration of defunct province of Bahawalpur and Southern Punjab province. However, some political elements are trying to emotionally exploit the people in the name of province, he added.

He said PML-N government had provided more than 42-percent development funds to the Southern Punjab during the current fiscal year and CT scan facility, hepatitis filter clinics, international standard medicines and other latest medical facilities are provided to the hospitals situated in Southern Punjab.

He said that thousands of kilometres long roads had been constructed and expanded in the villages of Southern Punjab under ‘Pakian Sarkan Sukhay Painday Program.’ This has helped the people living in rural areas in a number of ways and has also ensured easy transportation of commodities from farms to markets.

The PML-N legislators on the occasion said that Shahbaz Sharif is a genuine leader of the people who has served the residents of Rajanpur from the core of his heart during worst floods. “Shahbaz Sharif has won the hearts of the people by allocating record budget for the Southern Punjab,” they said, adding: “The People are well aware of the fact that who is the genuine leader that has served them and who are the false claimants of change.”

Those who called on the Chief Minister included Federal Minister for Communications Senator Hafiz Dr Abdul Karim, MNA Sahibzada Fiazul Hassan from Layyah, MNA Sardar Muhammad Amjad Khan Khosa from DG Khan, MNA Sultan Mehmood Hinjra from Muzaffargarh, MNA Dr Hafeez ur Rehman Dreshak from Rajanpur, MNA Syed Sajid Mehdi from Vehari, MNA Mian Imtiaz Ahmed from Rahim Yar Khan, Sheikh Fiaz Uddin, Provincial Minister for Zakat Ms. Naghma Lang, Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani, MPA Sardar Attif Hussain Khan Mazari from Rajanpur, MPA Ch Karamdad Wahalah from Jehanian, MPA Rana Ijaz Ahmed Noon from Multan, MPA Zeeshan Gormani from Muzaffargarh, Raees Mehboob MPA and former members of the assembly including Deewan Syed Aashiq Hussain Bukhari and Malik Ahmed Ali Aulakh.