LAHORE:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday emphasised the need for a ‘grand dialogue’, involving all stakeholders, for progress in education, health, industries and other sectors of the economy.
During the inauguration ceremony of the first phase of 600-beds at Indus Hospital earlier today, the premier said that the current situation in the country was difficult, but Pakistan will soon progress at a fast pace.
“We have to think beyond personal interest for the country’s progress and development,” he added.
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PM Shehbaz also hailed the philanthropists who set up and ran trust hospitals for the needy and ailing, adding that the “sincere sentiments” of good-natured people who work for any government should not be given political colour.
Shehbaz said that during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) previous tenure, 480,000 deserving children had benefited from the Punjab Education Endowment Fund.
Punjab Governor Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman, Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique and other notables were present on the occasion.
Increased petrol prices with ‘heavy heart’
On the occasion, the premier said that the incumbent government had to raise petroleum prices with a heavy heart, as petrol prices skyrocket around the globe.
“However, a monthly subsidy worth Rs2,000 will be provided to millions belonging to the low-income segments of society,” the premier contended during his address at an inauguration ceremony at the Indus Hospital Lahore earlier today.
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PM Shehbaz claimed that the former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had not raised petrol prices in time.
He said that measures were being taken to decrease load shedding in the country, and that load shedding for more than two hours a day will not be permitted.
