ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) now stands exposed as it failed to fulfill its pledges of bringing about a change in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
He said his government has achieved significant progress in tackling major challenges confronting the country.
He was addressing 40th Export Award ceremony of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He said the government has launched various mega projects in the country. Nawaz said the country was facing various challenges when PML-N came to power.
The prime minister said as against 18 hours of load shedding before 2013, the government has been able to eliminate load shedding for industry and the menace would also be over for the domestic consumer by 2018. He said the government is even planning beyond 2018 as Pakistan has to move forward irrespective of who is in power. Nawaz said no government in the past tried to seriously address terrorism but his government took it head on. He said backbone of terrorists has been broken and their remnants would also be taken to task. The prime minister expressed the confidence that Pakistan has a better future. He said the government also took measures to address the challenge of lawlessness in Karachi resulting into resumption of normal life in the city. He said the operation in Karachi would continue until satisfaction of the people and the business community.
He said exports last month grew by 6.2% as against same month last year due to provision of uninterrupted power supply, announcement of zero-rated export facility for five sectors and sales tax refunds of Rs 45 billion besides improvement in overall law and order.
The prime minister said the government would provide all possible incentives to industry and farmers to increase production and exports. He said it would be priority of the government to take measure to bring down the cost of doing business. He said the government is also concentrating on revival of national institutions like Pakistan Railways and PIA.
He said CPEC, especially development of Gwadar, would prove to be a game changer and would have tremendous impact on overall development of Balochistan.
Nawaz said despite having numerical strength, the PML-N preferred to allow coalition governments in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) now stands exposed as it failed to fulfill its pledges of bringing about a change in KP.
He said major portions of Karachi to Peshawar six-lane motorway would be completed by 2018. Karachi-Hyderabad section would be ready in six month; contract is being awarded for Hyderabad-Sukkur section while Multan-Lahore and Karachi-Peshawar segments are under-construction.
