MUZAFFARGARH: The creation of a new province for the people of southern Punjab would end their sense of deprivation said Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani while addressing a public gathering here after performing the ceremony of the multi-million housing project donated by the Turkish government for flood-affected people.
Mr Gilani addressed in Seraiki language and said that the new province will be guarantee of Siraeki people's rights and it was due to the demand of the native people who were desirous of getting a separate province.
He announced that 4,620 houses would be constructed in Muzaffargarh, Rajanpur and Fazalpur along with other ancillary facilities like schools, mosques, health centres would also be constructed.
He recalled the visits of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his wife last year, and the handing over of newly constructed houses to the homeless people affected by the devastating floods.