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Summary PM Inaugurated Head Muhammadwala Bridge constructed on river Chenab near Multan.
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani says PPP is the symbol of federation and it would continue to play its role in strengthening national institutions.Addressing a public gathering after inaugurating the Head Muhammadwala Bridge near Multan on Saturday‚ he rejected the perception that the PPP is pursuing confrontational policies.He said the PPP government gave full freedom to media‚ restored Judges and will never go against the wishes of the people.Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the government took a bold and principled stand on the unprovoked NATO attacks on the Salala check posts and blocked the NATO supplies with the national consensus.He said the Shamsi Airbase was also got vacated from the United States as per the will of the people of Pakistan. The Prime Minister declared that Pakistan wants friendly relations with all the world powers and its neighbours but no one would be allowed to cast an evil eye on our national interests.He said the government has launched development projects of one point five trillion rupees in the country during the last four years to provide basic facilities to the people in various sectors.Earlier‚ the Prime Minister inaugurated the Head Muhammadwala Bridge constructed on River Chinab near Multan.The two-lane bridge measuring one point one kilometers has been constructed at a cost of two point eight billion rupees under the Prime Ministers Development Package for southern Punjab.The project also includes two link roads of ten kilometers.Briefing the Prime Minister about the project‚ the Secretary NHA said with the completion of this bridge seventy kilometers distance has been reduced between Multan‚ Jhang‚ Mianwali‚ Layyah and Dera Ismail Khan.The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of four point five kilometers long road to link Head Mohammadwala Bridge with Motorway.He also laid the foundation stone of Akbar Salabi Band costing eleven million rupees.
