Issue Of Standing Committees To Be Resolved Soon: Aleem Khan

Punjab Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said on Wednesday the role of opposition in democratic system was important and issue of Standing Committees in Punjab Assembly would be resolved within days

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Jan, 2019 ) :Punjab Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said on Wednesday the role of opposition in democratic system was important and issue of Standing Committees in Punjab Assembly would be resolved within days.

Talking to the media at outside of the Punjab Assembly, he said that it was high time to sit-together and work for mandate given to the parliamentarians by the masses.

"We must accept each others' importance and give space to work for the issues of common man," he said.

The Senior Minister said that people had great aspirations from Imran Khan and time had come to honour good proposals from even opposition benches and show practical performance.

Abdul Aleem Khan said that there should be fixed deadlines for completion of enquiries against any one, adding that investigation against him was underway since 2015 and media trial was going on.

"I remained Punjab Minister for Information Technology for four years and my comparison with those who remained in power for forty years is not fair," he added.

The Minister said that there was not a single audit paragraph against his ministry time but enquiries were still lingering.

"A similar case about the use of helicopter by Prime Minister Imran Khan in KPK is also needed early decision by the concerned authority," he added.

He claimed that investigations only to balance the things with PML-N had no logic and this practice should be stopped.

To a question, the minister said that past "emperors" left their "salvages" under the heavy debts for which the coming generation would have to pay the price.

He said that after the functioning of Orange Line Train around Rs 1000 would be the cost of subsidy for each passenger, adding that no government could afford it in long run.

He said that only one project used Rs 300 billion which was wastage of public exchequer while the project was still incomplete.

Abdul Aleem Khan said that he had taken a number of steps to minimize the cost and the running losses for which commercialization of stations was underway.

Senior Minister indicated that the project of Orange Line Train would be completed by June or July this year and the present government had given directions to start work in this regard.

In response to another question, Senior Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said that unfortunately there was no planning for solid waste collection in Punjab and especially 80 per cent area of villages was badly ignored where there was no system of garbage collection.

He claimed that now with the collaboration of foreign companies recycling plants were being established to process garbage for production of gases, fertilizers and electricity.

He added that these plants would alternate present dumping sites in Punjab and provide healthy environment to the masses.

The Senior Minister also regretted over the Minister Information's incident happened with media persons and said that he believed in best working relations of government with the press.

Talking about the issue of `basant', the Senior Minister said that there was no such decision in this regard, however Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar would announce the official version about it.

Abdul Aleem Khan said that Imran Khan was last ray of hope for the masses and general public had great expectation from him.