Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said the Asian Parliamentary Assembly can play a pivotal role in bringing close the Asian countries and speed up efforts for overcoming the challenges faced by the region.
He was addressing the Asian Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday.
The PM said the Asian countries were confronting challenges of peace‚ energy‚ economy and environment and there was need to make joint efforts to overcome these challenges.
He said exchange of the parliamentary delegations and strengthening of standing committees can help the Asian people come closer and work together for their prosperity.
Nawaz said if Asian countries succeeded in utilising their resources in a proper way ‚ they could overcome poverty by 2050.
The PM said he was desirous to work with the neighbouring countries to give boost to trade and economic activities in the region. He said 3 billion people of the region could benefit from the strategic location of Pakistan.
Nawaz said Pakistan wanted good relations with its neighbours, including India and Afghanistan, and desires peace‚ security and stability in the region for ensuring speedy economic growth and welfare of the people.
He said Pakistan was also working on various projects to overcome energy crisis in the region, including Pak-Iran gas pipeline, Turkmenistan-Pakistan-India-Afghanistan gas and Casa 1,000 power projects.
He said Pakistanis wanted to bring peace not only to the region but also in the world which could guarantee prosperity of the whole world.
Nawaz said with peaceful democratic power transition‚ Pakistan was now heading to revival of its economy through a strong parliament.
He said, “We have been successful to build consensus for fighting terrorism through parliament.”
He said the government was taking measures for revival of economy and overcoming energy crisis. Nawaz said the government was determined to resolving the problems of the people in minimum possible time.
