PML-N issues white paper on Punjab govt performance in 2019.

Karachi: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has issued a white paper on the performance of Punjab government for the year 2019, while giving details of major departments being run by the PTI-led government in the province.

As per the details, PML-N provincial General Secretary Sardar Awais Laghari and Information Secretary Azma Bukhari issued the white-paper exposing the performance of Punjab government headed by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.

"The inflation, unemployment and poverty remained high throughout the year in 2019 while the Punjab government has miserably failed to control the prices of edible items," said the white-paper issued by the PML-N. The provincial government couldn't increase its revenues while the expenditures were increased by 200 percent, it said. Giving details of the performance of the government, the PML-N said that the price of sugar was increased from Rs 45 to 80 per kg and the price of one flour bag was also increased by 100 rupees in 2019. The MPAs of PML-N were of the view that the tall claims of austerity didn't work as government spent millions of rupees in buying new vehicles for the ministers while a hefty amount of 40 million was spent on the helicopter of CM Punjab.

Giving details of the crime in Punjab, it said that 150 robberies were reported in the province after every minute and Lahore remained on top of the list in crime rate followed by Rawalpindi and Multan. "Around 200 vehicles, 600 motorbikes and 3000 mobile phones were snatched in Punjab on daily basis," said the white paper while adding that the crime rate was increased by 17 percent in 2019 if compared by 2018. It further added that 3000 women were victims of acid attack and violence in 2019 and 190 women were murdered according to the record of police for the year. More than one thousand incidents of child rape were reported in Punjab while 152 cases of child rape were reported only in Lahore in just six months, it added.

Talking about the transfers and postings in the bureaucracy, it said that the Punjab government has broken all the previous records in 2019 as 266 officers were transferred in just 16 months. The PTI government has claimed in the...