ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan’s economic turnaround has started and this process is irreversible and will make Pakistan an Asian Tiger.
In a meeting in Islamabad where he was briefed about progress on various development projects, he said that the development agenda of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led federal government will revolutionise the lives of the people as we are determined to deliver and serve the masses.
The prime minister said that the government has successively been increasing budgetary allocations for the development projects that have been doubled during the last three years.
Sharif said that we cannot tolerate delays in the implementation of development projects and directed for timely release of allocations for power and communication sectors.
The prime minister said that the ministries should be accountable for timely and cost efficient execution of development projects and that he would personally monitor the performance of the ministries on a monthly basis.
In addition, he appreciated the speedy and cost effective work being done by the National High Authority (NHA), and directed for completing all Motorway projects within the next two years.
The Chairman NHA Shahid Ashraf Tarar also briefed the prime minister on the pace of the ongoing as well as future projects of road networks across different parts of the country.
