ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government was trying to make Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) a hub of tourism.
“The federal government is focusing on infrastructure and tourism development at AJK which is manifested by the two-fold increase in federal funding for these sectors,” the PM said, while talking to Minister for Information and Tourism AJK Mushtaq Minhas in Islamabad.
During the meeting, the minister briefed the prime minister regarding various development projects undertaken by the AJK government.
The prime minister further stated that the PML-N would deliver on promises made with the people of AJK regarding improvements in education, health and social sectors. “I will visit AJK soon to meet with PML-N workers,” the PM said.
With regards to human rights violations in held-Kashmir, the PM said that Pakistan had always strongly condemned the use of force against innocent people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Pakistan will keep on extending diplomatic and moral support towards the rightful demand of self-determination of the Kashmiri people,” he said.
PM condemns blast:
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Monday strongly condemned the car bomb attack in Kabul that resulted in loss of precious lives and injuring many others.
“The PM has expressed sympathies with the government and people of Afghanistan on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan,” an official statement said.
Published in Daily Times, July 25th 2017.