Lahore (Pakistan News): Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has said that people in his region may support the creation of new provinces, while residents of other regions may not agree with the proposal.
Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, he said the basic purpose of a referendum was to find a solution to an issue. Once people express their own views, it makes no difference whether their elected representatives speak or remain silent. He said public problems were numerous and personal debates were gradually losing their importance.
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan said he had high expectations from Maryam Nawaz’s government. According to him, over the past 70 years, 70 per cent of the population had not even been treated as human beings, while people in rural areas had faced difficulties instead of receiving proper healthcare facilities. He said the Punjab chief minister had done significant work in the health sector across the province.
The Punjab Assembly speaker said he hoped the menace of corruption would be eliminated. He revealed that he had spoken with Salik Hussain, who had pointed out large-scale corruption in Punjab in his statement.
He further said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz were taking steps to eliminate corruption.