Centre to spend funds on Sindhis, not provincial govt: Asad.

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that the federal government believes in service of entire country without any discrimination.

Talking to media persons on Sunday, the planning minister said that Imran Khan is the prime minister of entire country and he does not believe in negative politics.

Responding to Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah's complaints that the Centre has not allotted enough funds for the development of Sindh, he said that the federal government will spend on the people of Sindh and not on its government. "I think the chief minister is confused because he is unable to distinguish between the people of Sindh and the government of Sindh. Sir, you may be the government of Sindh but you are not the people of Sindh. And we will spend on the people of Sindh, not on the government of Sindh," Umar said.

He said that the prime minister has announced two mega development packages for Sindh allocating 32 percent more for the province. Asad Umar said that the amount has been allocated for Green Line Bus Transport Project, K-IV Water Project, drainage in Karachi, universities of Sindh, small dams and many other projects.

He said that the funds that had gone from the Centre to Sindh in the past had "resulted in palaces being constructed, diamond necklaces being discovered in Switzerland and towers being constructed in Dubai, and assets being accumulated in France".

"The people of Sindh know of what I speak, whether it is citizens living in the urban areas or in villages. The rest of Pakistan, on the other hand, may not even know how poorly developed Sindh is," the minister added.

Umar reminded everyone that PM...