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Sunday, November 27, 2011
‘No one will be allowed to cast evil eye on Pakistan’
* Gilani talks to Nisar, Imran and other political leaders to forge national unity on NATO attack in Mohmand Agency
MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday said no one would be allowed to cast an evil eye on Pakistan’s security and sovereignty and the government would defend its security at all costs.
Addressing a public meeting after laying foundation stone of different development projects, the prime minister referred to the NATO helicopters attack in Mohmand Agency saying, “Pakistani’s solidarity and security have been attacked this morning.”
He said due to this incident, he was going back to Islamabad to discuss the issue with members of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet and other political leaders.
He said he had also talked to Opposition Leader in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali, Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan and other leaders so that unity could be forged in the nation to tackle this issue.
The prime minister said with the support of the people, the government was able to solve their problems and added that inferiority complex among the people of southern Punjab would also be removed.
He said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had a vision, programme and manifesto to improve the living standard of the people and was taking practical steps in this regard.
The prime minister said that the southern Punjab had been ignored in the past and now the government had initiated a number of projects for the under-developed areas of this region.
He said that the government was paying more attention to neglected areas, adding that development projects worth billions of rupees were going on for the overall development of southern Punjab.
The prime minister said during less than four years of the government, many projects were initiated despite global recession, floods, shortage of power and expenditures on war against militancy.
He said the government had been working on all these four fronts with unity and taking all the stakeholders in confidence.
Gilani said that the communication system along with building of new roads and bridges would help improve lifestyle of the people of the area resulting in improvement of the economic condition of the people.
The prime minister especially referred to the projects of bypass and old Shujabad Road, adding that these would pave way to progress and prosperity in the region.
“We are in power due to the support of the masses and due to ideology of the party,” he said.
Gilani said that many villages had been linked with cities with new roads, infrastructure had been improved and electricity had also been provided by the government, which were unprecedented steps.
He said that after the completion of the five years term, all the development projects would be completed.
Referring the project of Nishtar Ghaat Bridge in southern Punjab, the prime minister said Rs 1.5 billion had been allocated for the project and work on it would be started very soon.
He said that this project would connect three provinces, and it would reduce the distance between Peshawar and Karachi by 100 kilometres. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk