Rawalpindi to have another postgraduate women college.

Rawalpindi -- Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar laid the foundation stone of reconstruction project of Government Postgraduate College for Women, Railway Station Road in Rawalpindi on Friday.

He also announced granting Government Postgraduate College for Women 6th Road the status of Women University during a ceremony.

Federal ministers Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, Amir Mehmood Kiyani, provincial ministers Raja Basharat, Samiullah Chaudhary, Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad, Raja Rashid Hafeez, Raja Yasir Humayun, MPs Sheikh Rashid Shafique, Chaudhry Adnan, Ammar Siddique, College Principal Alia Suhail and others attended the ceremony.

Addressing the ceremony, the chief minister said that the journey of public service has started and it will continue. 'We will transform Pakistan according to the vision of Quaid-e-Azam. The dreams of Imran Khan and all of us will be materialised,' he added.

'We will practically perform instead of lip-service. The distribution of Sehat Insaf Cards has started in the province and people will be provided quality healthcare facilities free of cost,' he said

The chief minister also announced different projects for Rawalpindi to the tune of billions of rupees including upgradation of Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology to the status of a cardiac and vascular diseases centre. The work on kidney hospital will be resumed as well. 'Like DG Khan, Rawalpindi is my own city and there would no differentiation between the two cities. It was difficult to set up another women university in Rawalpindi as Fatima Jinnah University is already functioning here,' he said.

He announced setting up another women university in Rawalpindi and it would be a unique city where two women universities will exist. Setting up of another women university in Rawalpindi was a difficult task but its lawyer is Sheikh Rasheed, he added. He said that problems arise due to Nullah Lai in Rawalpindi during the rainy season and traffic problems along with drainage of water also arise. 'I am of the opinion that Lai Expressway project is of utmost importance in this regard. We will initiate this 23-km long Lai Expressway project with a cost of Rs70 billion and it will be completed through public-private partnership.'

The chief minister also announced that the Rawalpindi Ring Road Project will be started soon. This project, which will be completed with an amount of Rs50 million, will transform the future of the city. I also visited Rawalpindi a few days ago and reviewed...