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Friday, September 16, 2011

Govt spending huge funds on orphans, widows & flood affected people of KP: Dr Arbab

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