Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said a series of mega and small development projects launched by the government will bring gradual improvement in Balochistan. Talking to a delegation from Balochistan led by Hafiz Hussain Ahmad at the Parliament House.
The Prime Minister said the government is working for equitable growth in the country and it is particularly focussing on the less developed areas of the country to bring them at par with more developed regions.
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, President PML, Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Secretary General PML, and Muhammad Ali Durrain Minister for Information and Broadcasting were also present at the meeting. The Prime minister said the government has undertaken unprecedented development work to make up for past neglect of Balochistan by the successive governments.
He said micro-development schemes have also been launched all over the province to transfer the benefits of high economic growth to the masses. People have benefited directly from Rs 100 million allocated to each district in Balochistan, he said.
The Prime Minister said the government is focusing on providing better facilities of gas, electricity, health, drinking water and education to the people of Balochistan. The Prime Minister said the government is focusing on providing employment opportunities to the youth of Balochistan and their quota in federal jobs has been increased from 3.5 to 5 percent.
The government has also initiated training programmes in various technical fields to enable them to take maximum benefit from the jobs created for them, he said. The Prime Minister said the Gwadar deep sea port would serve as a trade corridor for the region and the industrial zones which will be set up around it will provide innumerable opportunities to the people of the province.
The members of the delegation discussed with the Prime Minister development issues of their areas particularly Chagai, Noshki and Aghbarg. The Prime Minister assured them of government's help and said that all requests for development work will be evaluated on merit.
Hafiz Hussain Ahmad and members of the delegation invited the Prime Minister to visit their constituencies, which he accepted. The delegation thanked the government for co-ordinating with Saudi government to establish a hospital in Dalbandin that has started providing treatment to the people. The members of the delegation thanked the Prime Minister for accepting their invitation to visit Balochistan.
The members of the delegation included Senator Dr Ismail Bulidi, Manzoor Ahmed Mengal, Moulvi Aziz ullah, Sardar Rasool Khan Mengal and Moulvi Abdul Hayee.
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