Apr 10 , 2015
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Country doesn’t need leadership of U-turns
* Nawaz says those who claimed to bring about revolutionary change are nowhere to be seen today
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HARIPUR: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said Pakistan needs political vision and a prudent leadership, not the one that takes a U-turn on every step and is bereft of wisdom.
“Maulana Fazalur Rehman wanted to form government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, respecting the mandate given by the people, I did not agree to proposal,” Nawaz told a luncheon reception hosted in his honour by Pir Sabir Shah, PML-N president in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, at his village Sirikot near Haripur.
Nawaz regretted that those who claimed to bring about revolutionary change were nowhere to be seen today. He said judicial commission has been formed to probe into the allegations of rigging in the general election 2013.
The prime minister said there was no incident of rigging anywhere in the country. He questioned the people if there was any incident of rigging, to which the crowd replied in “No, No.”
He recalled that when his government came into power, it inherited a number of challenges that included shortage of electricity and gas, extremism, terrorism and a poor shape of national economy.
He said though several claims had been made by the KP government, the province was experiencing maladministration, ill performance of provincial police, apathy towards people and denial of justice.
He said the federal government would bring ‘real change’ in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa through a network of roads, universities and provision of electricity and gas. He said the PML-N government had always given priority to national interest over personal ones. “We are the people who built motorways, power houses, Ghazi Barotha and had surplus electricity.”
Nawaz said by end of 2017, 10,000 MW would be added to the system and there would be no more load shedding. He said his government was working on a plan to construct a modern road network from Khunjerab to Mansehra, of which the Hazara Expressway would be a part.
He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was a home of Pakistan Muslim League and the party could easily win more seats with hard work, commitment and service to the masses.
He said since local bodies elections were just around the corner, therefore he would not be announcing any development projects for the area, however added that all projects identified by Pir Sabir Shah would be completed.
Today, he said the world was acknowledging the positive changes being brought in by his government and mentioned in this regard the reports by Bloomberg and ratings by Moody’s.
He said the country had made a remarkable turnaround in economy and the biggest agenda of his government was to end shortage of electricity by 2017.
He said inflation was a thing of the past, prices of everyday items had dropped, while the terrorists network had been disrupted and their hideouts were destroyed.
He paid rich tributes to the sacrifices of the armed forces for eradicating terrorism from the country and said the change was evident.
Referring to the situation in Karachi, he said the incidents of target killing, kidnapping for ransom and the life in the city would soon return to normalcy.
He said the situation in Balochistan had improved significantly and was far better since his government came into power.
Nawaz Sharif said the country has turned around in the last two years and the next three years will be the years of development and prosperity.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk