PML-N govt pulled country out of crises: Khurram Dastgir

LAHORE, Mar 17 (APP):Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Saturday that the PML-N government had pulled the country out of multiple crises and put it on the path to progress and prosperity.
He expressed these views after inaugurating a paint factory here at Sunder Industrial Estate, where Malaysian High Commissioner in Pakistan Ikram Muhammad Ibrahim, the factory’s Chief Executive Officer Mir Shoaib, Executive General Manager (Sales) Asad Munir and the company’s dealers and distributers were also present.
The minister mentioned that the present government was also
playing an eminent role in the industrial development, citing
that former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had
completed a number of developmental projects.
He also took a round of various units of the factory and
said: “I am glade to see state-of-the-art industry, and
establishment of new industrial units and investment was a
good omen for the country as it will not only increase our
exports but also help end the problem of unemployment.”
Khurram Dastgir said that industrial value addition would
improve quality of products as well as increase demand of
Pakistani mercantile in the international markets.
In year 2013, he reminded that there was severe shortage
of electricity and gas and there had then been 16 hour-long
power outages in the country, while the twin monsters of
terrorism and extremism had crippled the Pakistan on all
fronts, including economic development. However, under the
able leadership of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, he added, the
country’s peace especially in Karachi and Balochistan had
been restored due to well-conceived policies of the government
and supreme sacrifices of the Pakistan Army, and other law
enforcement agencies and the civilian people.
He said that the opponents had since long been criticizing
the PML-N government’s infrastructural, ports and road network
projects, despite the fact that everyone having affiliation
with any party had been using these roads and motorways.
Khurram Dastgir was of the view that political stability
was guarantee to economic stability.
He also appreciated the joint venture of paint companies
of Pakistan and Malaysia.
Earlier in his welcome address, Mir Shoaib said that
Diamond Paint Industries Limited had established its new unit
in the SIE without taking any sort of loan. He mentioned that
the company ensured environment, health safety and security of
its workers.
He mentioned that out of its total annual profit, the company
gave five per cent to its workers and spent 10 per cent
under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).