CPEC guarantees progress of country: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a guarantee to progress and prosperity of Pakistan and under CPEC, work is being carried out speedily on different development projects including energy in all units of Pakistan. He said that Chinese $51 billion investment in Pakistan under CPEC will change the destiny of Pakistani nation.
He said that our friends are happy while enemies perturbed over historic package of CPEC. Talking to the delegation of PML-N, here Tuesday, the CM said that new job opportunities have been generated with the implementation of splendid CPEC projects in the country and Pakistan is moving speedily towards its lost goal. He said that socio-economic activities will enhance in the region due to CPEC. He said that under CPEC, investment of $36 billion is being made in energy projects and with the completion of a number of energy projects in the end of next year, darkness of electricity will be removed from the country. Every nock and corner of the country will be illuminated with the elimination of energy crisis, he added.
Shahbaz said that by giving a grand CPEC investment package, China has helped Pakistan to cope with the challenge of energy, for which, we are thankful to China. He termed those creating hurdles in this historic investment package through unjustified sit-ins and protests are enemy of progress of the country and prosperity of the people and said that CPEC projects were delayed due to sit-ins of these defeated elements. He said that the opponents of progress and prosperity of the people tried to create hurdles in journey of development during the last three and a half years but efforts of these elements were foiled with the blessings of Allah Almighty and prayers of 20 crore people of the country.
He said that efforts were made to create hindrance in the development of Pakistan and prosperity of its people through sit-ins and these elements wanted to lockdown the development of Pakistan but they failed, he added. The elements taking u-turn again and again wanted to make u-turn of progress of Pakistan as opponents are perturbed over transparent speedy development under the leadership of PM Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He said that with the blessings of Allah Almighty and support of the people, the journey of development has been forwarded despite sit-ins as service to the people is a form of worship and our politics. He said that under the leadership of PM Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, PML-N government is forwarding successfully the journey of public service and it will be continued speedily during next one and a half years.