Ahsan Iqbal calls on Punjab CM

LAHORE, Feb 23 (APP):Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal called on Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, here on Friday.
During the meeting, different matters of mutual interest including steps taken for eradication of terrorism, overall situation in the country and ongoing political issues came under discussion.
Both the leaders expressed their satisfaction over the positive steps taken for bringing about improvement in general situation of law and order in the province.
On the occasion, the chief minister said that it was the best time to maintain solidarity because the country would move forward with the power of unity. Terrorism, fanaticism and sectarianism are not the fate of the people and in a Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, there is no room for such societal menaces, he added.
Pakistani nation has given tremendous sacrifices in war
against terrorism and the commitment and passion of the nation
is much bigger than the challenge of terrorism. It is satisfying
that well-coordinated implementation of national action plan
has broken the proverbial backbone of terrorists, he added.
He said that Pakistan would be made a haven of peace by
decisively defeating the menace of terrorism and every person
would have to play its role to maintain law & order in the
country.
The chief minister said that the people of all provinces
and other territories including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad
Kashmir would equally benefit from China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor (CPEC) related projects. China is making historic
investment of billions of dollars in Pakistan through CPEC
and the project was a game-changer initiative in real sense,
he added.
The CPEC has opened the doors on foreign investment in
Pakistan and it would also play an important role in
elimination of terrorism and fanaticism in the region, and
help overcome poverty, he added.
He hoped that CPEC project would alter the course of
history and vowed that no conspiracy would ever be allowed
to be succeeded against it.