Country moving towards prosperity

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi yesterday said under the Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz government, the country was taking huge strides towards unprecedented progress and development with construction of the 1,800km motorway network and efficient functioning of gas and power plants.

He called upon his critics to compete with the PML-N government with a single completed development project, instead delivering false statements to beguile the masses.

The prime minister said the PML-N government firmly believed in serving the masses by delivering on its promises.

“The opponents who wanted to test their performance should contest the general elections to be held in July this year and the people would decide about their fate.”

Gas infrastructure

He was addressing a gathering after inaugurating RNLG gas pumping station. On the occasion, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb, members of the parliament, and high authorities were present.

The project is part of gas infrastructure development across the country. It is a joint venture of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd. (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd. (SSGC). It also includes construction of a 1,044km pipeline by SNGPL and 425km pipeline by SSGC.

With the commissioning of the gas infrastructure, the volume of the gas available for use has been doubled from 1,200 mmcfd to 2,400 mmcfd.

The gas infrastructure development projects will augment continuous supply of gas to power plants, industries, commercial and domestic users.

The prime minister advised his adversaries not to mere talk but come forward to deliver and perform. In the past governments, some revelled in corruption while in politics others introduced a culture of abusive language.