Overview
- At a ceremony in Gujranwala, the prime minister launched a new mass transit system he said would ease travel for students, patients, workers, lawyers and daily commuters.
- He predicted the PML-N would secure “historic results” in the next general election, citing ongoing development work and recent Punjab by-poll gains as evidence of public trust.
- Shehbaz said the PML-N government has a three-year mandate to serve and urged party officials to work under Nawaz Sharif’s leadership.
- He credited Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz with environmental gains in Lahore and highlighted provincial initiatives including a cancer hospital, metro bus expansions and housing for low-income families.
- Maryam announced a Rs30 billion sewerage overhaul in Gujrat, construction of 120,000 houses and upcoming metro bus projects in Gujranwala and Faisalabad, while Shehbaz linked Nawaz’s 1998 nuclear tests to national security during the May conflict with India.