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PPP manifesto is to empower people: PM
MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday pledged to bring relief to people by resolving problems of price hike, unemployment and power shortages and law and order situation.Addressing a public meeting on the occasion of foundation stone laying ceremony of Women University and Cadet College in Multan, he said, “With better vision and strategy we will overcome problems of people.”
The prime minister inaugurated Nawabpur road and Ghousul Azam road built with cost of Rs. 764 million and Rs. 346 million respectively.
Rs. 1,144 million will be spent on the women university while the cost of the cadet college will be Rs. 410 million.The prime minister said people put their trust in Pakistan Peoples Party and vision of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and gave them vote of confidence in 2008.
He said that manifesto of PPP was to empower people particularly women. The prime minister reminded that PPP fulfilled its pledges to end dictatorship and restore the 1973 constitution to its original form.
“We ended dictatorship through dialogue and General Musharraf was forced to resign,” he said adding, “Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto always said democracy is the best revenge and we abolished dictatorship through democracy.”
The premier said PPP successfully adopted the policy of reconciliation, took along all the political forces and built consensus to get passed the 18th constitutional amendment from the parliament.
The passage of the 18th amendment would be written in history as a big achievement of PPP, which would be remembered as a party, which not only gave constitution but also restored it, he noted.
He said it also went to the credit of PPP that it brought in parliamentary democracy and strengthened parliament.
Respect of the parliament was restored in the eyes of the people and the world acknowledged Pakistan as a democratic country, he added.
He said Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) would be made more effective to protect the poor.
He said the whole nation was united in the fight against terrorism as people wanted to live in peace and Pakistani students studying abroad wanted to be treated with respect.
Terrorists maligned Islam, which is a religion of peace and love and has nothing to do with terrorism, he added.The prime minister said PPP was a federal party with roots in all the four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan.
“As a federal party, PPP is a guarantee for the defence, integrity and solidarity of Pakistan and for the 1973 constitution and it will run the country successfully,” he added.
He said he would lay the foundation stone of the monument of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto on June 21 and the place would be such that it would be visited by world dignitaries to pay homage to the Pakistani leader.He announced to set up an engineering university in Multan. At present there is no such university in the whole region and students had to go to Lahore for studies.
About 125 acres of land has been allocated for the project to be overseen by the Federal Ministry of Education and Higher Education Commission.
He said he would instruct federal and provincial ministers, MNA and party leaders to go and meet people and resolve their problems. He said he would hold a party convention in Multan division to listen to problems of the people.
Besides other party leaders, Minister for Education Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali and MPA Syed Ahmad Mujtaba Gilani also addressed the gathering.
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