'Putting nameplates on PTI projects won't work in Jhelum,' Fawad Chaudhry tells Maryam Nawaz

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has criticised Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz over her visit to Jhelum, saying she inaugurated projects launched during the PTI government, ARY News reported.

Reacting to Maryam Nawaz’s visit, Fawad Chaudhry said it was good that the projects had finally been inaugurated.

He said he had previously been criticised for not inaugurating the projects during his tenure.

“Had there been no London Plan, the projects in Jhelum would have been completed four years ago,” he said.

Fawad Chaudhry alleged that the incumbent government had caused damage to Jhelum and the rest of the country. He said the quality of development projects in Jhelum had also been compromised.

He claimed that more than Rs210 million had been paid as land compensation, while the road had been reduced to a single lane.

The former minister said the trauma centre had been almost ready for five years and could have been completed with a small additional amount, but it remained unfinished.

He said the Jalalpur Canal project had been pending since 1898 and was completed through their efforts.

Fawad Chaudhry said all their projects would have been completed if the PML-N government had not come to power.

He further claimed that Maryam Nawaz had not announced a single new project for Jhelum and said politics in the city could not be done merely by putting nameplates on projects initiated by the PTI government.

Referring to the political situation in Jhelum, he said the city remained a stronghold of his party and claimed that the PML-N would find it difficult to win there.

He added that if the PML-N could not defeat unknown candidates, winning against them would be impossible.

“Anyway, you are welcome to visit Jhelum,” Fawad Chaudhry said.