Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif blamed the ‘retrogressive policies’ of previous governments for the problems plaguing the country today, including terrorism and power outages.
He was addressing a gathering in Shamlakot after the inauguration of a 56-kilometre, four-lane motorway between Khanewal and Multan. PM Sharif said he regretted that former policies had adversely affected the country and its economy.
“Instead of completing the projects after dislodging our government in 1999, they gifted power outages to the industrial, domestic and agriculture sectors,” he said.
Regarding terrorism, he said:
“The situation worsened in the past decade under the former regimes with the country going through untold miseries… We have taken bold decisions vis-à-vis terrorism and followed them with actions. We will not budge on our stance against terrorism and soon Pakistan will be a better place, banishing the darkness of load-shedding and terrorism forever.”