SADIQABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) did not believe in the politics of promises or mudslinging on others but in the politics of serving masses.
While addressing a ceremony in connection with the inauguration of gas pumping station at Rahimanbad near Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan, the prime minister pointed out that when the PML-N assumed power, gas-powered power and fertilizer plants were shut and gas was not available to CNG stations and the industries.
“We inherited these problems but simultaneously started projects to address the shortage of gas and power in the Country,” he said.
The prime minister said the government addressed chronic energy problems of the Country keeping in view of requirements of the next 15 years. H said today the power plants were operational and producing cheap electricity from the imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). He said the Country was importing the cheapest LNG when compared with any other Country.
“We have constructed a vast network of motorways spanning over 1800 kilometers over the last four and a half years,” added.
Khaqan said the process of providing two million new gas connections to the consumers on the basis of merit would also be achieved before the next elections.
The prime minister was confident that the ruling party would win next general elections on the basis of its economic achievements and addressing the problems faced by the people.
Talking about the gas pumping project, the prime minister said it was the first time in the Country’s history that a pipeline of 42 inch in diameter was laid in a record period of less than two years. He said the project would provide gas to the areas of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
