PRIME MINISTER
MULTAN,June 4th:Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Saturday that present Government was not weak or fragile and i had been raising the issue at all fora that drone attacks were counter productive and he assured implementation on all the resolution of the parliament in letter and spirit.He was talking to the reporters after addressing a public meeting at Jalalpur Pirwala, an underdeveloped Tehsil of Multan district and over 100 kilometres from here.
the issue of Seraiki province was being considered by the Manifesto Committee of the PPP and an headway was expected very soon.The Prime Minister inaugurated Rs 1616 million Musa Pak Shaheed bridge and performed ground-breaking of a water supply scheme and the campus of Virtual University in the town - where distance education was imparted to the students.The Prime Minister said that he had made announcement to include Seraiki province in election manifesto of the party during his last visit to Jalalpur Pirwala. He said that President Asif Ali Zardari, after consulting him, had formed a Manifesto Committee which was considering the matter. Other parties were also in favour of the Seraiki province, he added.Prime MInister approved the enhancement of salaries of Law officer in forthcoming financial year.
When asked about Mian Nawaz Sharif’s demand regarding establishment of a commission to probe terrorists’s attack on naval Mehran base last month, the Premier said the government realized the significance of the issue and had done what needed to be done.He, however, made it clear that there would be no compromise on the national security issues.
When asked whether the attitude of PML-N reflected its sincerity and commitment to the politics of reconciliation, Gilani responded by saying that every positive initiative to support the politics of reconciliation was taken by PPP alone.About opposition’s hue and cry over external loans during budget session of the National Assembly on Friday,the premier said it always exercised its right to criticise the government.
He said that government increased salaries of employees by 15 per cent despite financiall difficulties. Gilani said he believed that government should have been commended instead of being criticised.
Gilani said the national economy was facing a huge financial burden due to global recession,fight against militancy, energy crisis and flash floods of the last year. However,he expressed the determination that the nation would overcome theses challenges.
In response to a Parliament’s resolution on drone attacks by the US, the Prime Minister said the government was not weak and it had been raising the issue at all the fora. It was trying to convince the US to stop these attacks, he added. (PUBLIC MEETING)Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday said that PPP’s political rivals should serve the people instead of misleading them.While addressing a public meeting here at Public School ground, the Prime Minister said he had come there to genuinely serve the masses and not to gain any political mileage.Gilani said, “We have set the standard of serving the people irrespective of their political affiliations.”He said that the enormity of challenges faced by the country is such that no single political party can resolve it.The Prime Minister said it was the first PPP-led elected government,after Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, that presented the fourth budget.The PM said that rumour mongers made propaganda but the PPP-led government continued to serve the people with diligence, adding that it’s prerogative of people to decide who should represent them.
Gilani said PPP will continue to serve the people as long as the people would want.He said that the price of oil was 30 dollars per barrel at the time when the PPP-led government took over, however, it has risen up to 123 dollars per barrel now.
Gilani said that the present government has added 2000 megawatt power to the national grid so far and promised to increase power generation by 30 per cent by the end of the five year term.
He recalled that it was Benazir Bhutto Shaheed who predicted in 1994 that the country would face energy crisis and then she opted for agreements with IPPs. “Our government was ousted on baseless allegations”,he said. The Prime Minister said the PPP-led government had launched the Thar coal project, started work on the Bhasha dam and finalized an agreement with Iran to address the energy issue.
Gilani said the country would have bought electricity had it been just a matter of money but added that it also needed planning. Gilani said that power generation projects took at least five to seven years to complete and the duration extended to a decade in case of a mega project.
He said the PPP had a history of adopting people-friendly policies. He said that growers of the country were prosperous today due to agriculture-friendly policies and impoverished segments of society were receiving financial support on sustainable grounds under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
He said that door-to-door poverty survey was in progress under the BISP and the government had issued instructions that the poor should also get relief in electricity and gas bills.The Prime Minister said that PPP leaders sacrificed their lives for the
rights of the people and the party would keep moving forward in the light of their vision for development of the country.
Gilani said that he had worked for 22 years with Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto during which they served jail hardships and faced pressure but never compromised on the rights of people.
He said that development projects would usher in a new era of prosperity in Jalalpur Pirwala. He said that construction of roads and bridges would generate economic activities to bring about prosperity to the people.
The establishment of IT university and Virtual University would link Jalalpur Pirwala with the rest of the world and youths of the area would emerge as skilled workers and professionals to get jobs in foreign countries and contribute to the national development process.MPA, Syed Ahmad Mujtaba Gilani also spoke on the occasion.
MPAs including Syed Nazim Hussain Shah, Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani, Malik Mohammad Amir Dogar, Malik Ahmad Hussain Dehar, besides Rana Qasim Noon, Ayub Ghallu and Prime Minister’s media coordinator Khawaja Rizwan Alam were also present.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday laid the foundation-stone of Musa Pak Shaheed bridge in Multan’s tehsil Jalalpur Pirwala, that will reduce a 50 kilometre distance between Lahore and Karachi. The project is part of the series of ongoing development program by Prime Minister Gilani for the under-privileged areas in Southern Punjab.The bridge with a 50-year life, will cost Rs 1.62 billion while the dual carriage way along the bridge will cost Rs 3 billion.
Prime Minister also inaugurated the project of clean drinking water costing 100 million in the slums of Jalalpur Pirwala. Prime Minister inaugurated the newly constructed Multan city railway station
the issue of Seraiki province was being considered by the Manifesto Committee of the PPP and an headway was expected very soon.The Prime Minister inaugurated Rs 1616 million Musa Pak Shaheed bridge and performed ground-breaking of a water supply scheme and the campus of Virtual University in the town - where distance education was imparted to the students.The Prime Minister said that he had made announcement to include Seraiki province in election manifesto of the party during his last visit to Jalalpur Pirwala. He said that President Asif Ali Zardari, after consulting him, had formed a Manifesto Committee which was considering the matter. Other parties were also in favour of the Seraiki province, he added.Prime MInister approved the enhancement of salaries of Law officer in forthcoming financial year.
When asked about Mian Nawaz Sharif’s demand regarding establishment of a commission to probe terrorists’s attack on naval Mehran base last month, the Premier said the government realized the significance of the issue and had done what needed to be done.He, however, made it clear that there would be no compromise on the national security issues.
When asked whether the attitude of PML-N reflected its sincerity and commitment to the politics of reconciliation, Gilani responded by saying that every positive initiative to support the politics of reconciliation was taken by PPP alone.About opposition’s hue and cry over external loans during budget session of the National Assembly on Friday,the premier said it always exercised its right to criticise the government.
He said that government increased salaries of employees by 15 per cent despite financiall difficulties. Gilani said he believed that government should have been commended instead of being criticised.
Gilani said the national economy was facing a huge financial burden due to global recession,fight against militancy, energy crisis and flash floods of the last year. However,he expressed the determination that the nation would overcome theses challenges.
In response to a Parliament’s resolution on drone attacks by the US, the Prime Minister said the government was not weak and it had been raising the issue at all the fora. It was trying to convince the US to stop these attacks, he added. (PUBLIC MEETING)Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday said that PPP’s political rivals should serve the people instead of misleading them.While addressing a public meeting here at Public School ground, the Prime Minister said he had come there to genuinely serve the masses and not to gain any political mileage.Gilani said, “We have set the standard of serving the people irrespective of their political affiliations.”He said that the enormity of challenges faced by the country is such that no single political party can resolve it.The Prime Minister said it was the first PPP-led elected government,after Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, that presented the fourth budget.The PM said that rumour mongers made propaganda but the PPP-led government continued to serve the people with diligence, adding that it’s prerogative of people to decide who should represent them.
Gilani said PPP will continue to serve the people as long as the people would want.He said that the price of oil was 30 dollars per barrel at the time when the PPP-led government took over, however, it has risen up to 123 dollars per barrel now.
Gilani said that the present government has added 2000 megawatt power to the national grid so far and promised to increase power generation by 30 per cent by the end of the five year term.
He recalled that it was Benazir Bhutto Shaheed who predicted in 1994 that the country would face energy crisis and then she opted for agreements with IPPs. “Our government was ousted on baseless allegations”,he said. The Prime Minister said the PPP-led government had launched the Thar coal project, started work on the Bhasha dam and finalized an agreement with Iran to address the energy issue.
Gilani said the country would have bought electricity had it been just a matter of money but added that it also needed planning. Gilani said that power generation projects took at least five to seven years to complete and the duration extended to a decade in case of a mega project.
He said the PPP had a history of adopting people-friendly policies. He said that growers of the country were prosperous today due to agriculture-friendly policies and impoverished segments of society were receiving financial support on sustainable grounds under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
He said that door-to-door poverty survey was in progress under the BISP and the government had issued instructions that the poor should also get relief in electricity and gas bills.The Prime Minister said that PPP leaders sacrificed their lives for the
rights of the people and the party would keep moving forward in the light of their vision for development of the country.
Gilani said that he had worked for 22 years with Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto during which they served jail hardships and faced pressure but never compromised on the rights of people.
He said that development projects would usher in a new era of prosperity in Jalalpur Pirwala. He said that construction of roads and bridges would generate economic activities to bring about prosperity to the people.
The establishment of IT university and Virtual University would link Jalalpur Pirwala with the rest of the world and youths of the area would emerge as skilled workers and professionals to get jobs in foreign countries and contribute to the national development process.MPA, Syed Ahmad Mujtaba Gilani also spoke on the occasion.
MPAs including Syed Nazim Hussain Shah, Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani, Malik Mohammad Amir Dogar, Malik Ahmad Hussain Dehar, besides Rana Qasim Noon, Ayub Ghallu and Prime Minister’s media coordinator Khawaja Rizwan Alam were also present.
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday laid the foundation-stone of Musa Pak Shaheed bridge in Multan’s tehsil Jalalpur Pirwala, that will reduce a 50 kilometre distance between Lahore and Karachi. The project is part of the series of ongoing development program by Prime Minister Gilani for the under-privileged areas in Southern Punjab.The bridge with a 50-year life, will cost Rs 1.62 billion while the dual carriage way along the bridge will cost Rs 3 billion.
Prime Minister also inaugurated the project of clean drinking water costing 100 million in the slums of Jalalpur Pirwala. Prime Minister inaugurated the newly constructed Multan city railway station
