No plan to halt CPEC, ongoing projects: Murad Saeed

ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (APP):Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed Wednesday said there should be no misconception about the incumbent government’s intention to continue the game changer China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and former government’s projects.
Talking to APP, he said, “CPEC and ongoing projects of the ministry would be completed on priority basis, while no new project has been added in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19.”
He said the ongoing projects of the ministry were given due consideration in the PSDP 2018-19 as Rs25 billion have been allocated for those projects.
“All the projects belong to Pakistan and not to any individual, or political party and Prime Minister Imran Khan is clear in his vision to ensure quality and in time completion of all the ongoing projects, particularly the game changer CPEC as their completion will guarantee country’s prosperous future,” he added.
A visit, in the next week, of Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9), he said is planned to observe the construction work on the project and the proposed extension in M-9 from Hyderabad to Sukkur was in the pipeline. He said that he had also planned to promote tourism in the regions, particularly Kumrat-Chakdara route and others where there were ample opportunities to explore the untapped tourism potential.
He said it was also under consideration to execute all of the projects under Ministry of Communications on build-operate-transfer (BOT) basis.
To a question Murad Saeed said, unlike the other ministries, there was no prospect of any National Task Force being formed in the Ministry of Communications.
“A task force was formed to give policy guidelines and research for effective and enhanced working of institutions. Our ministry unlike any other has moved a step forward as it has set its own 75 days action plan and started implementing it, which has transcended the level of a task force,” he added.
Replying to another query, he said Clean and Green Encroachment Free Pakistan was not only our vision rather mission which would continue across the country till the achievement of desired output.
Murad Saeed said that public had trust in the PTI government and it was quite strange to believe that opposition also had faith in our leadership that was why they questioned in the parliament about the changes Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s had brought in 45 days of its government.