Mega development projects start a new era of progress: minister

FAISALABAD, Feb 16 (APP): Federal Minister for Communication Dr Hafiz Abdul Kareem Friday said that mega development projects completed by the present government had started a new era of progress and prosperity in addition to creating new job opportunities for the youth.
Reviewing the development work on Gojrah-Shorkot section of M-4 near Gojrah interchange, he said that the government had initiated mega projects of socio-economic importance immediately after coming into power.
He said that unmatched development works had been completed and now people were harvesting its benefits in the form of enhanced economic activity due to safe, secure and reliable means of communication.
He said that there were only 600 kilometers of motorways before PML-N government while the length of these motorways had now been jumped to 1,800 kilometers.
The minister said that Chinese were also surprised over speed of work. He told that motorway from Lahore to Kot Abdul Hakim had been completed in the shortest possible time which was an indicative of the commitment of the government to provide reliable network of motorways.
He said that Gojra-Shorkot section of motorway M-4 would also be completed by the end of April this year. He added that: “We are completing these projects within minimum possible time without compromising on quality of work”.
He said that these projects were of international standard and could be compared with any world class motorway.
Hafiz Abdul Kareem said: “We will make a clean sweep in the next general elections only because of our excellent performance”. He appreciated engineers and workers of the National Highway Authority who are working day and night to make Pakistan a developed country of the region.
Earlier, briefing was given to the minister about progress on this section of M-4. Later, he himself reviewed the development work.
Meanwhile, Hafiz Abdul Kareem also visited the residence of renowned social and business personality Hafiz Muhammad Shafiq Kashif and condoled the sad demise of his father.