In his annual State of the Province Address, [t]he Muttahida Majlise Amal (MMA) government has made tremendous headway in the enforcement of Shariah and the development of the province, Sirajul Haq, the NWFP senior minister, said. The government has gained wide popularity with the people while its policies on financial discipline and good governance have been acknowledged at international forums, he added. | "Ev'rything's coming up roses." |
Addressing public meetings on Sunday at Samarbagh, Mayor and Jandool after the inauguration of a local union council, a water supply scheme, revamping of a girls high school and the construction of a boys higher secondary school, he said that the central government was ignoring NWFP. While special grants and development packages had been announced for other provinces, NWFP had been denied its share in the profit from hydro-electric projects, he explained. He said promises made by the president and the prime minister had not materialised and, that the central media was being malicious with the MMA government. The federal information minister went to the extent of declaring the MMA government a failure, he added. |