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PM confident about steering country out of econoMic woes, Post flood challenges DIKHAN
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rime minister muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on monday expressed the resolve that despite myriad economic challenges including the postflood situation, the coalition government was determined to steer the country out of the current difficulties. challenges including the post-flood situation, the coalition government was determined to steer the country out of the current issues. Addressing a ceremony after laying foundation stones of different uplift communication, road, hydel and power infrastructure projects, the prime minister said “These challenges might
be manifold but 220 million people of the country should not get worried, the coalition government with the support of its partners will steer the country out of the challenges.” He said for the achievement of progress and prosperity, they would have to work hard with devotion. “Nations always faced difficulties and the coalition government will put Pakistan on the path of development only through hard work,” he added. Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ghulam Ali, minister for Planning Ahsan iqbal, minister for information and Broadcasting marriyum Aurangzeb, Advisor to Pm on Political Affairs engineer Amir muqam, Amir of Jammiat-e-Ulema islam-F maulana Fazlur rehman, relevant authorities and a large number of
people were present on the occasion. The prime minister said that he had laid down foundations for the com-
mencement of mega development projects in the backward areas of the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
He mentioned that during his previous visits, these areas were inundated with flood water and the people of the areas had faced immense destruction, from Nowshera to Swat, Kalam, Kohistan, Dikhan and Tank districts were badly affected by floods. Destruction in Swat was caused mainly due to man-made structures in the middle of course of river, he said and criticized the provincial government of PTi for its flawed policies. The prime minister sarcastically referred that the PTi provincial government always talked about introduction of an efficient system, but the people had witnessed the crumbling of that system whereas the government’s blunders in this regard could not be neglected.
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