Public Welfare Projects To Be Completed From Indigenous Resources: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) should provide Pakistan technical assistance instead of any financial aid.

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Feb, 2018 ) :Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) should provide Pakistan technical assistance instead of any financial aid.

He said this while talking to a high-level delegation of UNICEF which met him here on Monday. Shehbaz Sharif said that public welfare projects would be completed from indigenous resources by the Punjab government.

He appreciated the cooperation rendered by the UNICEF for mother and child health schemes, basic education and other sectors. Due to the efforts of Punjab government, a new culture of public service delivery has been introduced in the government hospitals and due to it people prefer public sector hospitals for their treatment now.

He said that ambulance programme was going on successfully for transfer of patients from villages to the hospitals. Meanwhile, provision of higher education has been ensured for bright but deserving students through PEEF and government also provided 40,000 tablets to the schools for bringing improvements in their standard of education.

The meeting was told that UNICEF is providing training to the staff of more than four thousand union councils in the province and 34 water filtration plants were being established initially for the provision of clean drinking water.