No welfare projects were built for Balochistan in past: Jam Kamal

QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan on Sunday regretted that no major welfare projects were initiated for Balochistan in the past, however, now the government is putting up efforts for the provision of basic facilities to the people. 

According to details, the chief minister was speaking at a ceremony of laptop distribution among students. He said “none of the scheme is useful, unless its benefits are channelized to the masses.”

There are several projects which were launched in the province, but were never concluded, “because development schemes here have always been marred by nepotism, everyone wants to award the contract to his own contractor, thus any scheme could not be materialized,” he resented.

Urging to alter the mechanism, Kamal said it is unlikely to behold the completion of any project until a change is brought into the procedure of awarding contracts.

Further, the minister said “students are the future of Pakistan and they have to play their part for the development and progress of the country.”

Two days earlier, Commander Southern Command, Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa inaugurated Pakistan’s first ever Astro Turf cricket stadium in Chaman, Balochistan.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the commander southern command said that the time of progress has begun in Balochistan and many other development projects are in the pipeline for the uplift of the province.