QUETTA: Punjab Governor Chaud­hry Mohammad Sarwar said on Sat­ur­day that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government was making efforts for bringing improvement in the life of the people in all parts of the country.

He was talking to reporters after his meeting with PTI parliamentary leader in the Balochistan Assembly Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind.

He said all resources would be utilised to ensure provision of basic facilities of life, including health and education, to the people of Balochistan.

He said doors of all universities of Punjab were open for the students of Balochistan and that no Baloch students would be deprived of education in any university of Punjab only because he or she did not have money to pay fees.

“I believe that a strong and prosperous Balochistan is the guarantee for a strong and prosperous Pakistan,” he said.

He said the PTI government would help the Balochistan government in launching development projects so that the province could be brought at par with other developed areas of the country. He said Balochistan was ignored by previous governments.

He said Prime Minister Imran Khan was giving special attention to development of Balochistan and he had announced a development package of Rs600 billion for southern Balochistan.

During the meeting at the Boys Scouts headquarters, Mr Sarwar and Mr Rind discussed projects of Boys Scouts and party matters.

Earlier, Governor Sarwar inaugurated two filtration plants installed by Sarwar Foundation to provide clean drinking water to the people of Quetta.

These filtration plants were installed at Killi Nasran near Quetta Cantonment and Quetta Bypass.

Sarwar Foundation chairman Dr Amjad Saqib, Khaliq Ahmed Sindhu and others were also present on the occasion.

Talking to reporters, Begum Perve­­en Sarwar, who was present on the occasion, said that Sarwar Foundation had set up skill development centres for women prisoners in Punjab jails, adding that such a centre would be established also in Balochistan.

“Our first four filtration plants in Balochistan are already providing clean drinking water to the people and now two more filtration plants have been inaugurated,” she said, adding that in coming days with the collaboration of other NGOs in Balochistan, Sarwar Foundation will take steps to install more filtration plants as well as provide health facilities to the people.

Meanwhile, Begum Perveen Sarwar visited women ward in Quetta Jail along with social activist Nadeem Kakar and set up a craft centre there to teach skills to women. She provided 20 sewing machines to women prisoners.

Published in Dawn, September 5th, 2021