LAHORE (Dunya News) - Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the country was put on the path of development whenever the PML-N came into power.
Speaking during the session of Punjab Assembly on Wednesday, the senior minister said that the health and education budget increased significantly in the PML-N’s tenure.
The assembly session also witnessed disruption as opposition members raised slogans and created a noisy protest during her speech.
Addressing the assembly, Aurangzeb criticized PTI’s MPA Ijaz Shafi, asserting that not a single statement of his was accurate. “I say this under oath—this is a legislative house where every statement should be truthful. Political rhetoric can be taken outside,” she remarked.
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Highlighting developments in the education sector, she said that the school education budget during the opposition’s tenure stood at Rs30 billion, which has now increased to Rs130 billion.
She credited Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz for implementing unprecedented reforms.
Speaking on healthcare and agriculture, Aurangzeb noted that the current health budget is 400% higher than that of the previous government.
She added that 90% of farmers are now benefiting from the “Kisan Card” program, with 20,000 tractors already distributed and a target of 30,000 tractors to be delivered by June.