Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that the journey of progress and prosperity, the foundation of which has been laid in 2016, will be speedily forwarded in 2017.
The chief minister expressed these views while talking to a delegation of PML-N.
He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the rapid development made in different sectors during last year is unprecedented. Development projects including energy projects are being executed speedily with high standard, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said that various projects are also being completed rapidly under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and work is being carried out round the clock on 1320-Megawatt Coal Power Project in Sahiwal and it will be completed in the beginning of next year.
The CM emphasised that there should be a politics of progress and prosperity and not agitation and anarchy. There are some elements who wanted to create hurdles in the development and prosperity of the people and the country through jugglery will fail in future like before, he added.
The CM said that the people of Pakistan, by renouncing protest politics, have exposed a handful of political elements and the politics of allegations, lies and protests has died its own death and these enemies of progress and prosperity should review their attitude, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif said that there is no value of personal interests before the interests of Pakistan and PML-N has always done the politics of norms. He said that all have to move jointly for the development and prosperity of the country and achieve the lost destiny of the nation.
He said that 2017 will be the year of completion of projects.
CM condemns incident of terrorism in Turkey
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the incident of terrorism in Istanbul, Turkey.
He has expressed the deep sense of sorrow and grief over the loss of human lives in the incident and prayed for early recovery of the injured and he has expressed complete solidarity with Turk leadership and people.
Shehbaz Sharif said that he is grieved over the loss of precious human lives and people of Pakistan especially Punjab are with their Turk brethren in this hour of distress and equally share the grief of the bereaved families. “All our sympathies are with the bereaved families”, he added.
The Chief Minister said that Turkey and Pakistan are facing the menace of terrorism and undoubtedly, terrorism is an international challenge which will have to be coped with joint efforts and take steps in a coordinated manner for eliminating this scourge.
