Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said on Saturday that Pakistan needs political continuity to become a stronger and respectable nation among the comity of nations.
He was talking to a group of influential men from his native area of Gujar Khan who called on him at the Prime Minister’s House.
Raja, who recently succeeded Yousaf Raza Gilani in the fifth year of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, said the vast natural resources of the country could not be exploited due to “political uncertainty” and “disruption of political process”. He said economic development and prosperity were intertwined with political stability.
Raja, who served as power minister in Gilani’s cabinet, told the visitors that it would be his “utmost endeavour” to end unscheduled load shedding. The power crisis, regarded as the worst in Pakistan’s history, has sparked violent protests across the country and drawn scathing criticism from all quarters. However, the former power minister, who had previously promised to end load shedding by 2009, insisted that the democratic government had initiated long term projects to resolve the energy problem on permanent basis. He told the visitors that power generation had increased in the country, and would further improve in the near future.
The prime minister also expressed the irony that despite the availability of huge copper and gold reserves in Balochistan, world’s third largest coal deposits in Thar, a hydropower generation potential of over 40,000 megawatts in Gilgit-Baltistan alone, and the fertile lands of Punjab, the people of Pakistan were plagued with energy crisis and caught in a vicious cycle of poverty.
While speaking on addressing the demands of the Pakistani expatriate community, Raja said that he had already instructed the Interior Ministry to provide the facility of machine-readable passports to overseas Pakistanis at the earliest.
The prime minister further said that he agreed with the public demand for the construction of small dams in Potohar region to overcome water scarcity.
The notables wished the new prime minister success and expressed their confidence in his ability to overcome the challenges facing the country. They said that Gujar Khan had produced prominent personalities like the chief justice of Pakistan, the army chief, two Nishan-e-Haider holders, four-star generals, and now a prime minister for the first time in the country’s history.
all because of corrupt,anti kalabagh coalition mafia of pppzardari,mqm,anp,ml-c,mma all enemies of poor of Pakistan who muyst be got rid of immediately.after ruining electricity,pia,psml,railways,economy,do not sound pious.yo are devil incarnates ansd enemies of poor
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf you are 100% correct that Pakistan is rich with natural resources, however, I totally disagree with the second part of your statement that these resources have not been utilized because of political uncertainty and the differences among politicians. Sir! with due respect, I will say that it is the massive corruption of ruling elite that these resources have not been utilized so far. You being one among this class cannot absolve yourself as well of the blame.
I couldn't have said it better than Khalid & Rustam.
Well, he sure did fix 'em at his place though… the rest of us can go to hell if you ask him!
What color is the sky in Raja Rental's world? What world is he living in? Respect and Pakistan should not be uttered in the same breath. Under this corrupt ppp govt, there is no respect left for Pakistan. When the president of the country is known world over as Mr. 10% and he is wanted in courts all over the world, how can this stupid pm talk about respect? He must be using drugs bought from Musa Gillani 🙂
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