Gas connections to be installed at Dhok Lohara, allied areas by year-end: Zulfiqar Bukhari.

ATTOCk -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Haman Resource Development Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari Saturday said the incumbent government was striving hard to install gas connections at Dhok Lohara (Jand) and its allied areas to fulfill the promise made by Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) during the last general election.

'I assure the people of Dhok Lohara that they will have gas connections by the end of this year,' Zulfikar Bukhari pledged this while announcing more development schemes such as facility of a hospital and a technical and vocational college for the area.

The SAPM said the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) would start installing gas meters in the village by July this year.

Before the government of PTI, he said, the area was deprived of the basic facilities like clean drinking water, health and education.

However, the political leadership of area took cognizance of the dwellers' basic issues and initiated development work to uplift the living standards of people, he added.

Zulfikar Bukhari urged the people to strictly follow the SOPs (standard operating procedures) to ensure safety of their lives amid...