Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and External Affairs Minister Ishaq Dar offer dua after unveiling the plaque for the new mass transportation system in Gujranwala. Photo: APP
GUJRANWALA:
Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, while thanking Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif for the successful launch of various public-facing mega projects across the province, said that after completing its current term, the PML-N under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif would “achieve historic results in the upcoming general elections”.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the mass transport system, the prime minister said the recent election results in Punjab reflected public confidence in the PML-N leadership.
“In the next three years, the present PML-N government has a mandate to serve the people,” he said and emphasized that they must work tirelessly under the leadership of Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
He expressed optimism that on the basis of hard work and implementation of development projects, the upcoming election results across the country will be pleasing to the PML-N.
“The path of progress and prosperity has just begun and we will move rapidly on the path of development. In the upcoming elections, thanks to this hard work, the PML-N will achieve historic results,” he added.
The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, federal and provincial ministers, parliamentarians, members of parliaments and assemblies, relevant authorities and a large number of people.
The prime minister termed the innovation of the mass transportation system as an important initiative to facilitate the city dwellers in addition to facilitating the other areas, a key initiative to provide public assistance.
He said the project was a gift from the Punjab CM that would transform the entire district, providing immense relief to commuters including students, patients, workers, lawyers and other people from different walks of life.
Nawaz Sharif launched the development projects at a time when the country was entangled only in sloganeering and politicking, he added.
With the launch of improvement projects, Nawaz Sharif buried that kind of politics, the prime minister said, adding that the former prime minister and the prime minister initiated road networks, health facilities and several other economic initiatives, thus starting a new chapter of politics during the 1988 elections that was still continuing under the leadership of the PML-N.
The prime minister said history would remember Nawaz Sharif’s achievements with golden words, including the country acquiring nuclear power in 1998. Had it not been so, the situation in the recent war with India in May would have been different, he opined.
In Punjab, he further said, its journey of progress was progressing at high speed under the dynamic and young leadership of CM Punjab, who was continuing the legacy of Nawaz Sharif.
He praised the initiatives of the Punjab government such as construction of cancer hospital, launch of metropolitan buses, clean Punjab, reduction of pollution, provision of housing for the homeless, help to flood-affected people, provision of missing facilities in schools, etc.
The Prime Minister said that all these works speak for themselves and as truth cannot be ignored even by political opponents.
The Punjab Chief Minister, in her remarks, highlighted the key initiatives launched by her provincial government.
He said the country had witnessed immense progress and development under the leadership of the PML-N.
