Imran vows to make country welfare state

islamabad — Pakistan Tehreek-eInsaf chief Imran Khan on Sunday vowed to turn Pakistan into a welfare state after coming into power.

Addressing a convention’ organised by the Chaudhry Rahmat Ali Foundation, he reaffirmed his commitment to bringing out the under privileged and weak segments of the society from poverty trap by providing them special incentives.

He said the PTI would pay special focus on social justice and human resource development if voted to power.

The PTI chief criticised the development model of the outgoing Punjab government and said that it spent all resources on the already developed areas and neglected the development of underdeveloped areas of the province.

Imran said the PML-N government spent half of its development budget on the development of Lahore city alone, whereas other areas of the province, particularly south Punjab, was badly ignored.

Out of the total budget allocation Rs635 billion for fiscal year 201718, the government had spent Rs350 billion on the development of Lahore and deprived other areas of the province.

If the PTI came to power it would give special emphasis on health, education, clean drinking water, social justice, merit and would allocate special quota for physically challenged people to enable them to live a respectable life like others, he added. — APP