The central management of the PPP, aware of the sensitivities of its electoral alliance with the PML-N, was cautious in its remarks on the relief of floods in Punjab. However, he targeted the government led by the PTI at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for its alleged inability to deal with recent floods. PPP Central Secretary Nadeem Afzal Chan, and Punjab secretary general Syed Hassan Murtaza, addressing a press conference on Friday at the central secretariat in Islamabad, said the party had avoided the point of view of points. They argued that in the KP, where the PTI has been in power for 13 years, the situation of the floods had worsened due to illegal encroachments and the wooden mafia. Chan said that PPP President Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had visited areas with floods nationwide and even praised the Punjab government when he stopped in Kasur.
"Although the floods caused mass destruction in Punjab, in KP, there are problems of wooden mafia and encroachments," PPP leaders said, demanding a commission of inquiry. "The incompetence of the PTI in the KP has been fully exposed."
They noted that Bilawal had suggested to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that rescue funds were distributed through Benazir Revenue Program (BISP) data. However, the Punjab government distributes goods on the basis of favoritism, they said. Chan added that the PPP had deposited resolutions in the Senate, the National Assembly and the four provincial assemblies, demanding the launch of Bisp Relief in the areas affected by the floods. He complained that farmers had not received sufficient support. In Punjab, he said, good job has been done, but in other places, it was limited to the appearances of Tiktok.
"The best work was done by rescue 1122. The favoritism prevails in Punjab, even if the government has a digital system that should be used. Farmers suffer and cry from help. The government must also present the case of climate change to the world."
Hassan Murtaza said devastation to Punjab was "Beyond the description." The Faisalabad division, he added, was the least affected. He noted that in the regions of Katcha (Riverine), where livestock is the main source of means of subsistence, the damage was serious.
"Even today, the government violates the dignity and privacy of farmers and peasants. The citizens themselves, through mutual aid, are rehabilitating victims," He said. Murtaza even praised Patwaris (managers of property income), often considered negatively, saying that they had taken most of the emergency work in different places. "People’s cattle has been swept away, causing the greatest financial losses. They were ruined due to bad government policies."
He urged the government to "Give yourself to his senses," To say that the institutions created for floods and earthquakes must be verified. "Each year, damage occurs – why are the permanent measures not taken to prevent such losses?" He asked. Vice-president Director of the Party for Central Punjab and former Federal Minister for Climate Change, Rana Faroo Saeed, who is from the outskirts of Faisalabad, said "No real aid work" was visible in Punjab. "The PML-N government does not know the first thing about rescue activities," He said.
