LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government was focusing on equitable distribution of resources to rich and poor by ensuring basic amenities for all.
“The notion of ‘elite capture’ and the prevailing mindset that Pakistan belongs to a particular class only is regrettable,” he said while addressing at the launch of Punjab peri-urban housing project for low-income groups.
PM Imran Khan said no nation could prosper with ‘an island of rich and a big sea of poor’ and regretted that during last 74 years, only a particular elite ruled the country.
He said the elite-centric policies inflicted huge damage upon the poor whose access to civic facilities including health, education and jobs greatly suffered.
The prime minister said his vision was to make powerful answerable to law and strengthen the weaker segments of society.
Earlier, the Prime Minister Imran Khan launched Punjab peri-urban low-cost housing scheme project at Raiwind to be built at 10 sites to facilitate low-income groups living in smaller cities and rural areas of the province.
The project is being finalized in collaboration with the Government of Punjab and Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority.
The prime minister also virtually inaugurated the work on different sites at Chiniot, D G Khan, Chunian, Khanewal, Khushab, Mandi Bahauddin, Mianwali, Jalalpur Pirwalla and Sargodha.
The residential colonies consisting 100 to 500 housing units will be constructed in the suburbs of cities and rural areas of the province. The land for this purpose will be provided through the Board of Revenue Punjab at affordable price.
