SIALKOT: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said that Pakistan, despite all hurdles, was rapidly moving ahead towards the goal of economic development and political stability.
Pakistan moving towards economic development, political stability: Ahsan
SIALKOT: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said that Pakistan, despite all hurdles, was rapidly moving ahead towards the goal of economic development and political stability. He said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government was fulfilling all its promises made with the public including raising their living standard besides overcoming the energy crisis. Ahsan Iqbal […]
He said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government was fulfilling all its promises made with the public including raising their living standard besides overcoming the energy crisis.
Ahsan Iqbal stated this while addressing the participants after inaugurating the newly established and upgraded National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) office besides launching One Window Operation at NADRA office Narowal. NADRA DG Syed Saqlain Abbas, local MPAs Khawaja Waseem Akhtar, Rana Manan Khan, Narowal District Council Chairman Ahmed Iqbal, and Narowal DC Ali Anaan Qamar were also present at the occasion.
The interior minister said the PML-N had won the general elections of 2013 on the promise of development and it fulfilled its commitment, besides ending terrorism and energy shortage to a large extent.
He said in 2013, Pakistan was considered the most dangerous country of the world due to terrorism and deteriorating law and order situation, and load-shedding was 20 hours long; while the industrial activity was badly hampered due to the power shortage.
He said due to its strong policies, the PML-N government had been able to overcome the energy shortage, adding, “In the past, the country was facing 20-hour electricity load-shedding a day.”
The minister said the PML-N government had added around 10,000MW electricity to the national grid in last four years as compared to 16,000MW added in the last 66 years.
He said the national industrial development was successfully moving ahead towards the goal of industrial stability.
He said the PML-N government had completed a record number of social welfare and human development projects across the country.
Ahsan Iqbal termed the development of infrastructure from Gilgit to Gwadar an important milestone in the history of the country.
The minister added that 5.3 per cent GDP growth had been achieved.
He said the project of Kachhi Canal had also been initiated in Dera Bugti which would provide water to around 72,000 acres of land.
Ahsan Iqbal said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would change the destiny of Pakistan, as the two countries were taking the project to its next stages successfully.
The minister said the issue of the Khatm-e-Nubuwwat was undisputed and the nation should not be divided on this issue.
The interior minister added that now the world was focussing on Pakistan and terming it an ideal country for foreign investment.
He said that NADRA had played key role in elimination of terrorism and terrorists in Pakistan.
He said the database had helped tighten the noose around terrorists. He said peace had been restored in Karachi due to the solid measures of the government.
Published in Daily Times, November 5th 2017.
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