Punjab cilvil servants are facing a big problem as they have to report to their offices at 7:45 a.m.
He is a very good adminintrator…in his last tenure he was a very effective CM…he is not khushamidi like his brother…he is a very hard worker…in his last tenure some of his significant achievements were:
a) He worked very hard against adultration of pesticides, which was a very big problem for agriculture in the province…
b) He achieved a lot in stopping the electricity theft where he used the army to curb the same…still to date because of his efforts electricity theft is minimum in the province specially compared to other areas in the country..
c) His achievements in discovering ghost schools in the province are still remembered…
d) Encroachments through out the province were taken out without any discrimination…even a lot of his close relatives were taken to task for this problem…he used to clear the encroachments even by mazars and mosques to clear way for roads and drainage projects..
e) His police reforms were unprecidented…people still remember the low crime rate was during his tenure…and he used to deal with criminals without any discrimination…and used to act against even his own party MNAs and MPAs if they were involved in crimes…he used to deal crime with really an iron hand…
f) His execution of projects used to be at unimaginable speed…and with unprecidented efficiency…
His critics, specially posters from other provinces, who have not seen his work first hand are actually unaware of the reality…we the residents of Punjab are witness to his administration skills…one has to remeber he only spent 2 1/2 years as CM Punjab…although I am not a great fan of his elder brother, I admire Shahbaz a lot…
Good luck Shahbaz with your second innings…
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=117621
Shahbaz, the lion-hearted
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
With almost effortless ease, Shahbaz Sharif, seen by many as the brain within the PML-N, has slipped back into the slot of Punjab chief minister which he had vacated over eight years ago in October 1999. He has done so with a flourish, displaying immense confidence and a readiness to resume seamlessly from where he left off. The triumph for Shahbaz, who secured 265 votes in a house of 342 with the PML-Q staging a boycott, and who was greeted with vociferous cries of ‘sher aya sher’ (Here comes the lion) as he walked into the chamber, comes as a direct blow to President Musharraf, and his key allies in Punjab, the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The votes picked up by the PML-N in the February poll and the return to the post of provincial chief executive of Shahbaz show that the efforts to decimate and destroy the party have ended in naught.
Immediately after he was elected, in an animated address to the Punjab Assembly Shahbaz repeated his previous plea to Musharraf to ‘have mercy on the nation’ and resign. He struck the same note of calm aggression at a press conference delivered after the assembly session, at which he emphasized that it was impossible for his party to work with an unconstitutional president. However, Shahbaz side-stepped questions regarding the issue of a ‘safe exit’ for Musharraf, saying only that he did not seek vengeance.
Shahbaz Sharif also made it clear that he was eager to keep the coalition intact. He spoke of how governments comprising several parties in India had been able to survive despite differences over key issues, and stated that he would be talking with the PPP leadership to find ways to resolve the judges issue, thus avoiding confrontation.
The PML-N party line has thus been clearly laid out by Shahbaz. He has also made it obvious that over the days ahead, he is likely to figure as a key political player and will, from his vantage point in Punjab, keeping an eye on many issues. For his province, Shahbaz also defined his vision and his aims. While criticizing the previous government for failing to set up water projects or take initiatives in other areas, Shahbaz spoke of the urgent need to safeguard the welfare of the agricultural sector, provide irrigation schemes and to offer people education and social justice.
The Punjab chief minister has demonstrated he has, during his eight year exile, lost none of the fire and sense of direction that characterized his last tenure in power. He is clearly as determined as ever to further strengthen his reputation as a superb administrator and a demanding taskmaster. At the same time however, while commenting on issues of national politics, he appears to have acquired a new found maturity and poise. This has been evident in his stress on the need to work with the federal government, to strengthen the coalition and to avoid moves that can destabilize government. These are all positive signals, for both Punjab and the centre. Shahbaz Sharif, as the man commanding the country’s most influential province, seems determined to play a constructive role – and this is a good omen for a country still caught up in crisis over two months after the new government in the centre was sworn in.