Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday told the PTI leaders that if they would indulge in illegal activities in Punjab, the law would take its course, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Addressing a function at the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad, Maryam, who is also a PML-N leader, said that the PTI was not comfortable with the relief provided by the provincial government to the people in electricity bills.
“It appears that for you, the masses are non-entities” she said.
She claimed that out of 1,000 jobs given during her stint as the chief minister, not a single was given in violation of the merit.
She said political instability was not new for the PML-N. “But the fact is that some people have brought a bad name to politics,” she said while referring to the PTI.
Reacting to the slogans raised in front of her in support of her political opponent, she said everybody was free to support the politician of his or her choice. “But do you want the politics of vandalism and arson in the country?” she asked the audience.
“I am least bothered by what slogan you raise in front of me. I am not from amongst those who swagger,” the chief minister added.
She said if she had a magic wand in her hand, she would have resolved the people’s issues overnight. “But one should have an urge to serve,” Maryam emphasized.
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched the biggest agriculture graduate internship program in the history of Pakistan at Faisalabad University of Agriculture. A scholarship of 60,000 rupees per month will be given to 1,000 agriculture graduates. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif distributed appointment letters among the agriculture graduate students. She also met the teachers and students of the University of Agriculture. She went to the students and inquired about the selection on merit. Students also took selfies with her. CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif congratulated the student Anila Hussain who recited Naat Rasul Maqbool (SAW) by getting up from her seat.
The CM while addressing said, “Thanks be to Allah that today we are starting the implementation of Pakistan's biggest historic Kisan package. Having actually worked on the Kisan package, the students being here and receiving the internship letter is proof that the implementation of the Kisan package has started in a very short period of time. When someone exploits the youth, politics gets defamed. Politics is part of life.”
She said, “Those who raise slogans of the youth should stand up and tell me that if any youth has got a job on merit in the last six years. I broke the traditions of the past, invited the displeasure of the party and 95% of my cabinet comprises young people. In my cabinet there are educated and hard working young people whose hard work is the result of their sitting here today. The ministers of my cabinet are not the representatives of PML-N but representatives of the people. Within a short period of 6 months this project has not only been launched but people have been given employments.”