ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Prime Minister-designate Shaukat Aziz on Friday said that his government would announce a comprehensive development package in a couple of weeks aimed at accelerating economic activities and improving the living standard of people.

In an interview with APP after taking oath as member of the National Assembly, he said efforts would be made for ensuring good governance, improving the legal and police systems and provision of opportunities to people.

Mr Aziz said he had agreed to retain the NA-59 Attock seat in accordance with the decision of Pakistan Muslim League president and Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain.

He said that although the entire Pakistan was his constituency, he would take special measures for the development of NA-59 Attock and NA-229 Tharparkar and would remove the backwardness of these areas and bring them on a par with developed parts of the country.

He said a special meeting of the Thar Development Programme would be held on Monday which would discuss ways and means for the provision of employment opportunities and basic amenities to the people of Tharparkar.

Mr Aziz said he would not forget the people of NA-59 who had sacrificed for him during his election campaign and would take special measures for the development of Attock.

In reply to a question about the Islamabad-Delhi relations, he said Pakistan wanted peace with its neighbours, including India, on the basis of equality. He said the biggest hurdle in the normalization of relations with India was the Kashmir dispute. -APP