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After Mustafa Kamal, Shahbaz Sharif is a man ready to knock the socks off his critics.

He has proven what Mustafa Kamal had proven: a total dedication to his respective job. Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif is a Chief Minister of Punjab. Already being hailed as a hero by his PML-N League party supporters and locals for his tireless efforts into tranforming Punjab into a progressive province. Unafraid and a force to be reckoned with, he is known to fire people on the spot if they are found not doing their work properly.  Shahbaz Sharif had pointed out that the government is giving top priority to Medical Health and he had made a few surprise rounds at the local hospitals in Punjab. He was shocked to see deplorable conditions of hospitals, such Nawaz Sharif Yakki Gate hospital and Mayo hospital. Most recently he suspended Medical Superintendent  (MS) and Deputy Medical Superintendent (DMS) of the Nawaz Sharif Yakki Gate Hospital. Asides from healthcare, he has also given top priority to Education. He said a special attention is given to the promotion of vocational education so that the highly skilled can be prepared. He has also set up free bus services for students to be picked and dropped from homes and schools and colleges. About 70% of schools in the Punjab province that are in Public sector are provided with free bus service. Furthermore, computers have been provided to 4,000 schools in the province.

Shahbaz Sharif’s recent official trip to China to encourage Chinese government to invest in different sectors in Punjab was met with enthusiasm and a possible venture in the future which will see a Chines-Punjab ties. Punjab government is keen on the Chinese investors to invest in irrigation, power generation from coal, construction of small clams, dairy development, industries, agriculture and health.

Pakistan could benefit more from genuine leaders who have the country’s best interests at heart and are not power hungry, but hungry to serve the nation and give it the best they can. Perhaps political leaders should aspire from men like Mustafa Kamal and Shahbaz Sharif.