DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Provincial Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Faisal Amin Gandapur has said that it is the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan to make Pakistan clean and green.

During his surprise visit to Dera Ismail Khan, he said that the public representatives of the ruling PTI and government were striving to make the country a welfare state.

He inspected various schemes during the visit. During the inspection of a sewerage scheme under municipal services programme (MSP) in Dera city, the locals pointed out some hardships they were facing upon which the minister directed the officials to expedite work on the project.

He asked the MSP authorities to ensure that not only the citizens benefitted from the sanitation project in a timely and quality manner but also the movement of local people and traffic on the highways and bazaars was restored properly.

Mr Gandapur, however, expressed satisfaction that under the MSP, the underground drainage system of the city would enhance the beauty of roads, bazaars and streets.

He said that before awarding contracts for any project in urban areas, the company should be required to work round the clock on it to ensure completion of the scheme before the stipulated time to save people from hardships.

The minister said that it was the vision of his leader Imran Khan to make Pakistan clean and green and also turn it into a Medina-style welfare state. For this goal, he said, all the public representatives of PTI and government were working hard.

After getting the portfolio of ministry of local government, elections and rural development, he was warmly welcomed by the people on his arrival in Dera city.

He along with his brother and Federal Minister for Safron and Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur was escorted to his ancestral home in a procession of vehicles.

Ali Amin Gandapur and Faisal Amin Gandapur also said that the citizens of Dera Ismail Khan would be served by them round the clock. They said that they would work for the welfare of the people selflessly.

Published in Dawn, December 6th, 2021