QUETTA, March 29 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday performed the ground-breaking for two mega development projects here including a cardiac centre and Quetta-Zhob highway.
The prime minister who was accompanied by federal ministers, senators and parliamentarians, also addressed a public gathering.
The ceremony was also attended by Balochistan chief minister and governor and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and senior government officials.
These projects would be executed under joint venture between Pakistan Army and the provincial government.
Pakistan Army in collaboration with Balochistan government has planned construction of a state-of-the-art cardiac centre in Quetta as part of Khushal Balochistan Programme for providing best medical facilities to local population under Urban Poverty Alleviation Programme projects sponsored by United Arab Emirates.
The cardiac hospital is comprised operation theatres, echo and nuclear cardio facilities.
Under the project, Bio Medical Workshop and Waste Management Plant would also be constructed to make the facility environment-friendly.
The Quetta-Zhob (N-50) highway would link Quetta with Zhob passing through Kuchlak, Muslim Bagh and Qilla Saifullah reducing travel duration between Quetta and Dera Ismail Khan from 12 to four hours.
It would create socioeconomic activity for local population particularly local businesses by providing access to minerals and mines and direct access to main markets.
The road will also facilitate speedy transportation of goods from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to sea port of Karachi.
N-50 is primary sub regional corridor running parallel to the western border connecting Afghanistan and Iran with Pakistan that would provide vital connectivity of China Pakistan Economic Corridor western alignment leading to Gwadar Port.
