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PM URGES PREPARATIONS AS PAKISTAN WILL HOST NEXT SCO SUMMIT
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g AUTHORITIES HAVE TO PERFORMS START PREPARING NOW TO GROUNDBREAKING OF TBUILD ACCOMMODATION, CHOWK FLYOVER, BEAUTIFY ISLAMABAD, DIRECTS NEW PREMIER SHEHBAZ BENCHMARKS FOR WORK, STRESSES WITHOUT GIVING QUALITY AND ADHERENCE DATE FOR SUMMIT TO TIMELINES
SAYS RAILWAYS AND INTERIOR MINISTRIES WORKING ON A RAIL PROJECT WHICH WILL CONNECT ISLAMABAD, RAWALPINDI
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staff report
RIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced that Pakistan will host the next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, stating that authorities need to start preparations immediately. “We need to build accommodation and beautify Islamabad. Tajikistan has already given us saplings as a gift and Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) along with his team has been working day and night to plant them,” Premier Shehbaz Sharif stated. Without giving a date for the summit, the prime minister declared
that the authorities have to start preparing now. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of the T-Chowk flyover, PM Shehbaz stated the authorities had to start preparing for the incoming dignitaries. The prime minister lauded Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, Chairman CDA, and their teams for initiating such a vital public interest project. This development comes less than a fortnight after the SCO Summit in Tianjin, China, where Pakistan raised the issue of the Indus Waters Treaty and a joint declaration was issued condemning the attacks on the Jaffar Express, Khuzdar and Pahalgam.
Pakistan last hosted the SCO in 2024 for the Council of Heads of Government Summit, where PM Shehbaz called for investing in the region’s collective capacity for connectivity. Foundation stone for T-Chowk flyover laid The ceremony was held to mark the laying of the foundation stone of the T-Chowk flyover, which aims to provide relief to the citizens of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and the surrounding area. “We have laid the foundation stone of this project, which will be a milestone for traffic,” the PM said. “This one-kilometre flyover will give the residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi relief.” Lauding the efforts of the interior minister and CDA, who conceived the project, the PM congratulated them on the occasion. “This will serve the public interest greatly,” he said. “We need to set new benchmarks for work, quality and adherence to timelines. There must be no compromise on quality.” PM Shehbaz added that the railways and interior ministries are working on a rail project which will connect Islamabad and Rawalpindi. “I was informed by Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi that there will be another form of transport to serve the public interest in the form of a rail car which connects Islamabad and Rawalpindi,” he stated.
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