Summary PM said he only drew the attention of Sindh Governor to culture of protests and strikes in Karachi.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Speaking in the National Assembly on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the federal government is assisting the Sindh Government for completion of mega development projects.
He said the government has earmarked Rs5 billion for Green Line Transport System in Karachi. He said the federal government will fully fund this project.
“It will be a gift from the federal government for the people of Karachi,” he added.
The premier said work on Hyderabad-Karachi Motorway has also been started and it will be completed by 2017. He pointed out that work on culverts has begun and after completion the work of motorway construction will begin.
He said we will complete the Hyderabad-Sukkur and Sukkur-Multan and Multan-Lahore sections of motorway in our tenure.
PM Nawaz said the federal government will provide a matching grant for K-IV water project for Karachi to resolve the problem of water supply.
He said the federal government has already released two billion rupees and five hundred million will soon be released.
The Prime Minister said the government is also launching a mega project to connect Gwadar Port with the Central Asian States and then to the Western route of Pakistan-China Economic Corridor.
He said all the link roads from Gwadar to Quetta and Quetta to Chaman to connect it with the Central Asian City of Tirmiz which will connect four Central Asian states.
Nawaz Sharif clarified that he had not started the talk of "fly" while addressing a function in Karachi recently.
He said someone else had started the discussion and he only drew the attention of Sindh Governor to the culture of protests and strikes in Karachi. He hoped that Rashid Godil of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will be satisfied his clarification.
The Prime Minister said he will also talk to MQM in this regard when there is a meeting with them.
Last week, PM Nawaz remarked that Karachi shuts down "even if a fly dies.”
The remarks came a day after MQM observed day of mourning to protest against the alleged extrajudicial killings of its workers.
