Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Shairf  visited Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute on December 2, 2017. Photo: Geo News screen grab

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif remarked that politics of dharnas [protests] has hampered Pakistan?s progress.

While speaking to media on Saturday, Shehbaz lashed out at political opponent Imran Khan and claimed that ?Imran Khan does not want conditions to improve for people of Punjab.?

He alleged that Imran and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have become big hurdles in the way of progress in the country.

?They don?t care about [mass transit projects] as they travel in their Pajeros,? however, the ordinary citizen cannot afford this luxury.

With orange train project, we hope to provide conveyance facility to the people. There are so many people who face problems while commuting, we want to help them, he said.

PTI will be held accountable in the court of people and God, Shehbaz said, adding that they will have to answer for their actions.

He also shared that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is endeavouring for Pakistan?s progress.

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Earlier in the day, Shehbaz had visited Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute, which is currently under construction.

On November 7, Shehbaz had shared that the first phase of the hospital will be completed by December 25, adding that the 360-bedded hospital will be constructed by next year.

?It is a project of which is being funded through public-private partnership,? he remarked, adding that the patients at the hospital will be treated free of cost. Currently, the government is searching for qualified doctors from across the globe for the hospital, he added.