Key Points:

Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz inaugurated 59 road projects worth Rs 23 billion, along with 127 other projects, during a visit to Attock.
She launched the Green Bus project for Attock, under which 15 electric buses will run on three routes in the city.
At COMSATS University, she distributed 6,161 laptops among Rawalpindi Division students and gave away Honhaar scholarship cheques.
Thousands of people welcomed the chief minister in the main bazaar, showering her car with rose petals.

ATTOCK: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday inaugurated 59 road projects worth Rs23 billion in Attock. She also opened 127 other projects in the district.

The chief minister launched a Green Bus service for the city, under which 15 electric buses will run on three routes.

According to the official handout, large crowds, including children, lined the roads to welcome the chief minister on her arrival and rose petals were showered on her motorcade on Hattian Road, Kamra Road and University Road.

According to the official handout, the Punjab government is giving Honhaar scholarships to 3,600 students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the ceremony, students from the province thanked the chief minister, saying the scholarship had made it possible for them to pay a semester fee of around Rs200,000.

Crowds in Attock shower rose petals on the chief minister motorcade during her visit

The chief minister car covered in rose petals moves through a crowd in Attock

People wave party flags as the chief minister arrives in Attock amid rose petals

The 127 projects inaugurated by her included an Agri Mall, a land record centre, a model children home and the Fateh Jang Special Education Centre. The road projects included the Fateh Jang-Pindi Gheb Road, the Dhok Laham to Jhamat Road and the Mithial Chowk to Dhok Pathan Road.

According to the handout, thousands of people had gathered at the pedestrian lane of the main bazaar for her welcome and shopkeepers and young men showered maunds of flowers on her. She was also welcomed with a traditional dachi dance, while women and children walked alongside her car. Tuff tiles, lights and a library booth have been set up in the bazaar.

The visit in video

The chief minister formally launched the Green Bus project for Attock and, on her invitation, students performed the inauguration. She also inspected an electric bus.

At COMSATS University Attock, the chief minister attended the ceremony for the distribution of laptops and Honhaar scholarships, in which students from Swabi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also took part. A smart contingent of police presented a general salute in her presence and students presented her with gifts, portraits and sketches.

She distributed the laptops and scholarship cheques and went to the seats of assembly members, ticket holders and other leaders to inquire after their welfare.

In the first three phases of the Honhaar programme, scholarships have been given to 108,000 students.

In Attock, 6,161 laptops were distributed among students of the Rawalpindi Division, including 4,628 in public universities, 257 in private universities, 461 in medical colleges, 375 in nursing colleges, 17 in special education institutions and 423 in HED colleges.

Under the Honhaar Scholarship programme, 2,590 scholarships worth Rs 196.97 million were distributed among students of the division. Of these, 2,085 scholarships worth Rs 170.21 million went to public university students, 314 worth Rs 19.8 million to medical students and 191 worth Rs 6.96 million to HED college students. In the first three phases of the Honhaar programme, scholarships have been given to 108,000 students.

The chief minister has raised the number of laptops for talented students from 40,000 to 112,000 and 48,292 laptops have so far been distributed among students in different districts.

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