The Federal Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil has said that the present
democratic government is spending huge funds on orphans, widows and
flood affected people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Benazir Income
Support Program.
He expressed these views while talking to the media after a ceremony
that was held to distribute checks under the second installment of
Watan Card among the poor, widows and flood affected people in Charsada
under the Benazir Income Support Program initiated by the Prime of
Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani.
On this occasion, Asma Arbab Alamgir, the wife of the Federal
Minister, who is also the President PPP Women Wing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
also accompanied him.
The Federal Minister said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the first
province where the magnitude of assistance to the flood affected people
has been increased and the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani
himself came to Charsada to distribute the cheques among the people.
Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said that alongside looking after the
development works under communications, he is also paying exclusive
attention on the prosperity and well being of the people of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa and he has managed to get sufficient funds from the Prime
Minister for the development of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Peshawar , and
these funds are being used to alleviate the deprivations of the people
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Arbab Alamgir Khan said that we do not believe in hollow slogans and
are rather working selflessly for the improvement of the lives of the
people of the province because this has been the lesson given by our
Shaheed leaders: Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto.
He said that we have been able to overcome most of the problems
inherited by us and now the nation will soon witness an era of progress
and prosperity.
The Minister said that the President Asif Ali Zardari and the Prime
Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani have ordered to launch development
projects throughout the country without any discrimination and Benazir
Income Support Program is part of this policy which is a gift of
Shaheed Benazir to the poor of the country and under this program the
government is working to alleviate poverty from the country. SANA