Maryam returns to critics as Punjab’s War of Words – Sindh deepens

The ongoing words war between the leadership of Punjab and Sindh showed no signs of relief from the main minister Maryam Nawaz, once again he responded to critics, warning that those who rebuke Punjab would receive a strong response.

She insisted that raising her voice for the rights of her people was her duty and that she would never apologize.

Defending Punjab’s participation in the country’s water resources, the prime minister declared that the water in the province belonged to its farmers and could not be sacrificed at the altar of politics.

Speaking at the launch of the second phase of the Lahore electric bus project on Friday, he regretted that when the disasters hit Punjab, their wounds were deepened through the political score instead of solidarity.

She remembered to have offered support to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after a cloud mortal, but pointed out that when Punjab faced similar challenges, her help efforts made fun of the press conferences.

Rejecting criticism for not seeking international assistance, he said that when the intention was the service, there was no need to look for anyone’s charity.

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Pakistan’s Popular Party and the Pakistan-Nawaz Muslim League renewed their verbal dispute on the use of Benazir’s income support program to provide support to people affected by floods in Punjab.

The PPP has long advocated the proposal that the BISP would be the most appropriate way to support the victims of the flood; However, the Punjab government is reluctant to the idea. The provincial government insists that the Government’s flood relief efforts were working well.

The BISP is a national program to provide cash assistance to poor and vulnerable families, particularly aimed at women. The first lady Aseefa Bhutto Zardari warned that it would be “unfair not to use” the BISP, which, according to her, was the “most effective way” of distributing help.

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His comments arrived a day after Punjab Information Minister Bokhari, revealed that the provincial government would issue “relief cards” to the victims of flooding in their personal names of their own resources instead of using the Bisp to help them.

ASEEFA wrote in X that recent floods in Punjab impacted more than four million people, emphasizing that the BISP would be the most effective and fastest way for the distribution of aid.

However, Bokhari strongly criticized the PPP for dragging the BISP towards floods. “Nobody wants to abolish the bisp. The question is: why do you want to use it during floods?” Bokhari mentioned. “Repeating it repeatedly to the flood policy is exactly what we call politicization.”

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He accused the PPP of ignoring the interests of the people of Punjab and resorting to the flood policy. He defended the performance of the Punjab government during the floods, saying that even the president of the PPP, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, praised Maryam Nawaz.

Questioning the role of the PPP in Punjab, the provincial information minister said: “When, while you live in Punjab, you will fight with the Punjab case? Do you want the people of Punjab to be deprived of wheat, flour and bread of bread?”

She added: “If you were able to do something, you would not be sitting at home telling us where I was going to attack the flood or where it was going to violate the embankment. Such decisions are made by governments according to the situation and circumstances.”

LAHORE ELECTRIC BUS SERVICE SECOND PHASE MANY

Maryam inaugurated the second phase of the Lahore electric bus service, qualifying a gift for the people of the provincial capital.

Under the expansion, 40 new buses will be introduced, with operations on two new routes: Raiwind’s terminal to Jinnah in Thokar Niaz Baig, and Jinnaah Terminal to Harbanspura.

The rate has been established in just RS20, while older people, women, students and special people can travel for free. Buses are equipped with free Wi-Fi, cell phone charge ports, separate compartments for women and CCTV monitoring. The ceremony also presented the projection of a documentary that shows the characteristics of the new service.