Minister for Industries and Production Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar has said that 189 billion rupees are being spent for the completion of different development projects in South Punjab.

He was chairing a high-level meeting held at South Punjab Secretariat in Bahawalpur today (Wednesday).

The Minister said the main aim for the establishment of South Punjab Secretariat at Bahawalpur and Multan is to remove the backwardness of the region.

Our Bahawalpur representative Sajjad Pervez reports that for the first time, separate annual development project has been designed for South Punjab Secretariat, under which 2500 development projects will be completed at the costing of 189 billion rupees.

Source: Radio Pakistan