Centre okays Balochistan’s mega projects, says Alyani

Published June 24, 2019
Alyani says his party would take part in the upcoming elections for local bodies on the basis of its performance. — Dawn/File
Alyani says his party would take part in the upcoming elections for local bodies on the basis of its performance. — Dawn/File

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has said that the provincial government has succeeded in getting the approval of some mega development projects from the federal government.

Speaking at a programme here the other day, he said these uplift projects would bring about a positive change in the province.

The programme was organised by members of Mr Alyani’s Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) in his honour.

Mr Alyani, who is also the chief of the ruling BAP, said that his party would take part in the upcoming elections for local bodies on the basis of its performance.

He said the BAP-led provincial government with the cooperation of its coalition partners was making all-out efforts for solving problems of the province. He claimed that the provincial government’s budget for financial 2019-20 depicted the BAP’s election manifesto. All areas of the province had been given equal share in the Public Sector Development Programme, he added.

BAP’s founder Syed Saeed Ahmed Hashmi, provincial ministers Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Noor Mohammad Dummar and Mir Zia Langove, MPA Abdul Rasheed Baloch and party workers attended the programme.

Mr Alyani said that the provincial government had finalised a historic plan for the development of Quetta. He said his government was also giving special attention to the education and health sectors.

He said the BAP government would work also for those areas from where it did not win seats in the election.

He criticised the previous for making what he called hue and cry over the western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. He said his government had allocated a huge fund in the budget for construction of the Quetta-Zhob highway.

Published in Dawn, June 24th, 2019

Follow Dawn Business on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook for insights on business, finance and tech from Pakistan and across the world.

Opinion

Editorial

Judiciary’s SOS
Updated 28 Mar, 2024

Judiciary’s SOS

The ball is now in CJP Isa’s court, and he will feel pressure to take action.
Data protection
28 Mar, 2024

Data protection

WHAT do we want? Data protection laws. When do we want them? Immediately. Without delay, if we are to prevent ...
Selling humans
28 Mar, 2024

Selling humans

HUMAN traders feed off economic distress; they peddle promises of a better life to the impoverished who, mired in...
New terror wave
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

New terror wave

The time has come for decisive government action against militancy.
Development costs
27 Mar, 2024

Development costs

A HEFTY escalation of 30pc in the cost of ongoing federal development schemes is one of the many decisions where the...
Aitchison controversy
Updated 27 Mar, 2024

Aitchison controversy

It is hoped that higher authorities realise that politics and nepotism have no place in schools.