ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has said that Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari had nothing to do with the problems of common man and his only agenda is to come into power.
In a statement, the minister while commenting on anti-government remarks of Bilawal, lashed out at the PPP for worsening socio-economic conditions of the people living across Sindh.
Farrukh Habib said that the Chairman PPP should justify his party’s rule in the province amid deteriorating law and order there, he added.
There was ‘political dishonesty’ involved in non-implementation of urban and rural quota system for distribution of 40 and 60 per cent resources respectively despite lapse of decades, he added.
The state minister said that densely populated areas of Sindh were presenting a sorry picture with piles of garbage and overflowing sewers, while the provincial government seemed to be least interested in resolving issues.
The people of Karachi, particularly, were at loss to know why the sewerage lines across the city were not being rehabilitated and the water meant to supply through pipelines, was instead provided to the tankers ‘mafia’ for making bucks, he said.
Farrukh Habib said that the Chairman PPP should also elucidate as to why the government schools in the city were in dilapidated condition, while roads were broken despite utilization of additional funds worth millions of rupees on their rehabilitation.
Bilawal should explain as to why his government had allowed land and china cutting ‘mafias’ to encroach on roads, sports grounds and parks of Karachi, he added.
The state minister question, “Who will provide recreational facilities and healthy environment to the mega city’s youth” as all the civic bodies, including municipal, fire brigade, health, education, land and rescue departments, were dysfunctional.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government would present a people- friendly budget for next fiscal year, he maintained.
Farrukh Habib said that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had collected record Rs 4,170 billion tax during the ongoing financial year despite limited economic activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With input from INP
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