HARIPUR, June 28: MNA Omar Ayub Khan has said that the PML government was making use of available resources to create employment and bring about improvement in the living standard of the people.

To this effect the government has earmarked a big chunk of its new budget for Public Sector Development Projects, he said while speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Sui gas project for Ghazi sub-district here on Sunday evening.

The project worth Rs 260 million would benefit over 18 villages in Ghazi sub-district. Omar Ayub told the gathering that since he did not believe in hollow slogans he fulfilled his election promises and got approved Rs 320 million Sui gas, roads and telephone projects for Haripur sub-district, while the remote parts of the district would be provided with cordless telephone system during the next fiscal year.

He said that new telephone lines for Sera-e-Saleh, Ghazi, Khanpur and other areas had already been approved. He said that as the government was focusing on social development, it had allocated Rs 12 billions for PSDP and huge funds were allocated for poverty alleviation.

Talking about the problems of the Tarbela dam victims Mr Khan said that over 135 villages were inundated by Tarbela dam water and a number of people displaced for the larger national interest but the government of NWFP despite receiving a sum of Rs 6 billion as net hydel profit, never spent a penny on the localities of Tarbela dam victims.

He accused the MMA's leadership for duplicity adding that they made it to the assemblies claiming they would serve the people but then betrayed them. He said that those who made tall claims of leading a simple and austere life forgot everything when they obtained power. He specially referred to what he said was the demand of Rs 250 million for buying a plane for the chief minister of NWFP.

He expressed the hope that the Mutahida Muslim League would sweep the election 2007 and would surely make its government in NWFP like other three provinces and centre. He also lambasted at the district government and dubbed it as weak in maintaining law and order. He said that due to weaknesses of the district nazim the district had become a police state.