LAHORE: High Commissioner of UK to Pakistan Thomas Drew called on Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, here on Wednesday. During the meeting, different matters of mutual interest including promotion of Pak-UK relations and expansion of cooperation in different sectors came under discussion.
The British high commissioner congratulated CM Shehbaz over the completion of 1320 megawatts Sahiwal Coal Power Project in a record period of time and said that the credit of completion of such a gigantic project in record time goes to you. Your efforts for overcoming the energy crisis are commendable, he added. He also appreciated the steps taken by the CM for improving the quality of life of the people in the province and added that wonderful steps have been taken for bringing improvement in health, education and other social sectors.
The Punjab government has displayed tremendous performance in different sectors under your leadership, he added. He further said that Britain gives great importance to her relations with Pakistan and added that cooperation with Punjab government would be further extended in the coming days and this collaboration would continue to bring improvements in other social sectors.
Shehbaz Sharif on the occasion said that due to the timely steps were taken by the incumbent government, the energy crisis has largely decreased in the country as many projects have been speedily completed and sufficient electricity generated from them. Load-shedding has been decreased, he added. He said that new chapters of transparency, high quality and speed have been written in development projects and today the world is openly recognising transparency in Pakistan.
He said that the Pakistan of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is moving towards its real destination and positive results of unanimous decisions made by the political and military leadership are yielding as tremendous achievements have been gained in the war against terrorism. He said that Pakistan of 2017 is more secured, peaceful and economically viable than that of 2013. The CM further said that Pak-UK relations span over many decades and these relations have been further strengthened during the tenure of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
He said that British support in education, healthcare, skills development and other sectors is laudable and hoped that bilateral relations between Punjab government and the UK would be further strengthened in the coming days.
