Summary Prime Minister addressed inaugural ceremony of Gojra-Shorkot Section of Faisalabad-Multan Motorway.
GOJRA (Web Desk) - Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the whole nation should support the national agenda to take the country forward on the path of progress and prosperity.
Addressing the construction inauguration ceremony of the Gojra-Shorkot Section of Faisalabad-Multan Motorway at Gojra, the Prime Minister stated there is no room for a separate agenda of pulling legs of the nation and the country. He said those using negative tactics against the government are actually pulling legs of the country.
PHOTO: PM Nawaz inaugurates Gojra-Shorkot section of M-4 motorway.
"We should steer the country out of difficulties by working together," he added.
Nawaz Sharif said that the six-lane Lahore-Karachi Motorway is a grand project which will have great impact on economy. Motorway is a precious national asset playing an important role in country’s economic development and prosperity.
He said that construction work for this Gojra-Shorkot section of M4 has been divided in two parts.
He said that the saving of Rs 4 billion have been made in the estimated costs of this section, as it will be completed at a cost of Rs 17 billion instead of earlier estimate of Rs 21 billion.
He said that the high-quality Faisalabad-Gojra section has already been completed while work on Shorkot-Khanewal section of M4 will start soon and Khanewal-Multan section has already been completed.
He said that the groundbreaking ceremony of Lahore-Multan Motorway will be held soon.
The Prime Minister also reiterated that electricity outages will end in 2018.
He also higlighted that the government is providing Rs341 billion relief to farmers. Similarly, billions of rupees are being spent on the relief and rehabilitation of quake-hit people.
He said billions of rupees are also being spent in the war on terror and rehabilitation of internally displaced persons.
The Prime Minister said a number of power projects, including LNG-based plants, are under construction, and transparency in these projects have helped save billions of rupees.
He asked that what is this if not ‘good governance.’
