Aab-e-Pak Authority: Governor pledges to expose bureaucrats for delaying project.

LAHORE -- Warning bureaucracy to mend its ways, Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar on Tuesday accused it of 'putting roadblocks' in the way of Aab-e-Pak Authority and threatened to expose its deeds by next Wednesday if it does not improve its behaviour.

Speaking to media after inaugurating filtration plant by the Sarwar Foundation at the Lahore deputy commissioner office, he said that the Aab-i-Pak Authority file was moving from office to office for the last one-and-a-half-year and facing delays at almost every office.

'I will hold a meeting with the bureaucrats concerned in the next few days. If they continue doing what they have been doing, I will hold a press conference next Wednesday to expose them all,' the governor threatened.

In addition, 'I myself and the board of the authority will soon apprise Prime Minister Imran Khan of the procedural hiccups and delays (by bureaucracy),' he warned, saying 'Some bureaucrats have become so insensitive that they have no remorse even if children die by drinking unsafe water. I will no longer accept lame excuses for delay in providing safe drinking water to people. Enough is enough.'

Continuing, Sarwar said it was his life-long dream and objective to provide clean drinking...

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