SIALKOT
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to take Pakistan amongst the top ranking developed countries and said the masses had rejected the negative politics that wanted to push the country back to the Stone Age.
He was addressing the Sialkot Chambers of Commerce and Industry after inaugurating the Riaz-Uddin Sheikh Business Centre, where the business community of the industrial city reposed full confidence in his economic policies and stressed continuity.
Prime Minister Nawaz said the Pakistan of 2017 was much better than the one of 2013 and those demanding his resignation were the ones who did not wish to take Pakistan towards stability.
He said the past four years of negative politics had slowed the pace of progress. He said he believed that the only way forward was to address poverty, unemployment, and terrorism, by undertaking development in all spheres.
The prime minister regretted that the ongoing so-called accountability was only aimed at creating disability in the country. He said not even a penny of corruption had been proved against him.
He said he and his party would come out clean from all this mess that had been going on since 2014. He mentioned the earlier two phases of the sit-ins that only created hurdles in Pakistan’s march towards progress and prosperity.
The prime minister rejected the ongoing campaign against his pro-development government and said the stock market rose from 19,000 to 54,000 points since he came into power.
He, however, regretted that due to the ongoing situation it slumped by 10,000 points. “Who is responsible for this loss?” he questioned. He said the USD 56 billion dollars investment by China in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor was delayed by six months due to the sit-in at Islamabad.
Today, Balochistan was a productive and integral part of Pakistan, owing to the selfless service to the masses, the prime minister said. He said only the one who sincerely believed in the uplift of the common man, the welfare of the farmers, the betterment of industrialists and businessmen, could serve the masses in the best possible manner. He said work on the completion of different sections of the motorways was going ahead at a fast pace.
He mentioned the progress on Karachi-Hyderabad, Sialkot-Lahore and Multan-Karachi sections. He termed it an extensive infrastructure development programme that was unprecedented in Pakistan’s history.
He said every few days ahead, a new power project would be adding electricity to the national grid. He added only a few years back the people were sick and tired of endless power outages, unemployment, lawlessness and lack of investment.
SCCI stresses continuity of PM’s investor-friendly policies:
The business community and office-bearers of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) on Wednesday stressed continuity of investor-friendly policies under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
They said the Prime Minister’s economic policies had reinforced the confidence of domestic investors and were vital for economic stability.
The prime minister, who arrived here to inaugurate the Riazuddin Sheikh Business and Trade Centre here at the SCCI, was given a warm reception by the business community.
Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir and Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal were also present on the occasion.
The businessmen lauded the economic turnaround achieved under the leadership of Prime Minister, Muhammed Nawaz Sharif and expressed satisfaction over the conducive business environment coupled with improved security situation.
They appreciated that the government had aptly overcome energy crisis in the country.
The businessmen lauded the prime minister’s initiative of constructing Lahore-Sialkot Motorway and said it would not only augment economic activities but also connect Sialkot with China Pakistan Economic Corridor.
