FWO’s Performance Was Good; Chief Minister Balochistan’s Statement Was Presented Out of Context: Provincial Minister
TURBAT (Daily Qudrat): Provincial Minister for Planning and Development Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi has said that the Balochistan government is giving special attention to the development of education, health, youth employment, agriculture and infrastructure. As many as 14,500 teachers have been recruited in the province, while there is a plan to provide technical training to 30,000 youth and send them abroad for employment.
Addressing the “Gand Wanand” programme of Turbat Press Club, Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi said that subject specialists for chemistry, physics, biology and English are being appointed in schools so that the educational standard can be improved. Steps are also ongoing for reforms and improvement in the health sector.
He said that a Rs16 billion youth programme has been started, under which loans for small businesses, technical training and employment opportunities will be provided. In addition, development measures are also being taken in agricultural development, road construction and other sectors.
Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi said that work on large-scale development projects in his constituency is in the final stages. The launch of the Green Bus Service in Kech was also made possible by his efforts, whose positive results are emerging, and this facility has especially made movement easier for the poor and middle class.
He said that the provincial government has approved the Kech lab project, while the concept of a model village has also been introduced to provide basic facilities in rural areas.
Speaking on Balochistan’s overall situation and development projects, he said that a statement by the Chief Minister of Balochistan was presented out of context. Regarding FWO’s performance, he said that the institution’s overall performance in Balochistan has been good. During the completion of the N-85 highway, 39 people sacrificed their lives, whose sacrifices cannot be forgotten.
He said that some nationalist parties of Balochistan have in the past also not taken the province’s major development projects positively. On the occasion of the implementation of various projects, including Hub Industrial Zone, CPEC, Gwadar Port, Gishkor Dam and the South Balochistan Package, negative propaganda was carried out to mislead the people, even though these projects are important for Balochistan’s development and the people’s prosperity. He also termed the South Balochistan Package an important development measure.
On this occasion, Turbat Press Club president Hafiz Salahuddin Salafi, speaking, thanked Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi for getting a regular grant of Rs2 million released for the press club. He said that, keeping in view the needs of Turbat Press Club, cooperation should also be extended in increasing the regular grant from Rs2 million to Rs5 million and in getting approval for a journalists’ housing scheme for journalists.
