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| May 8, 2006 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 9, 1427 |
Rs140 billion being spent on projects in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, May 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has reiterated the government’s commitment to bring about a meaningful change in the life of people of Balochistan.
He was talking with former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who called on him here on Sunday at the Prime Minister’s House. They also discussed the domestic political situation and the party’s internal matters.
Highlighting the importance of development projects in Balochistan, Prime Minister Aziz said that the government was investing Rs140 billion in mega projects in the province, adding that the government had allocated 56 per cent of the Khushaal Programme Fund for benefiting the people at the grassroots level.
The province would be totally transformed after the completion of the Gwadar port, he said.
The PML, Mr Aziz said, had a democratic ethos and it would emerge as a more united, stronger, coherent and democratic party after party elections scheduled to be held in August.
He said that real democracy in the country was impossible if political parties themselves did not go implement democracy in their own ranks.
Stressing the need for re-organising the ruling PML, he said that the party polls would enable the party to contest the electoral arena in 2007 with confidence, adding that it was equally important to streamline and expand the party’s membership.
Mir Zafarullah welcomed the prime minister’s decision to incorporate the party’s inputs in the next budget and said it would make the exercise of budget making more realistic, people-friendly and balanced. Prime Minister Aziz said Sunday that the government was keen to promote democratic culture in cooperation with the opposition.
He was talking to federal Minister for Political Affairs Amir Muqaam here on Sunday at the Prime Minister’s House.
The Prime Minister said the government expected the opposition and the media to help the government to strengthen democratic institutions and promote politics of tolerance.
He directed Amir Muqaam to closely monitor the performance of federal government departments in the NWFP, making them more efficient and responsive to public needs.
The federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Durrani also attended the meeting. — APP
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