Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday said he wanted to make the country a truly developed state based on progress and development of all federating units.

In a meeting with Balochistan Chief Minister Sardar Sanullah Zehri here at the Prime Minister’s House, the prime minister said all parts and provinces had equitable rights over the country’s resources. “It is our duty to ensure fair distribution of resources among all provinces, including Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Gilgit-Baltistan,” he said.

The prime minister said he was personally monitoring pace of ongoing projects and schemes in Balochistan. “My government is pursuing the agenda of progress and development across the country,” he emphasised.

Nawaz Sharif mentioned that the Gwadar Port alone had the potential to change the lives of the people of Balochistan and the region. The major development initiatives of the government would empower the people of Balochistan to fully realise their potential in all spheres of life, he added.

The chief minister apprised the prime minister of progress made on various developmental projects and welfare initiatives undertaken by the provincial government. He said development and welfare projects were being executed with renewed spirits and energies after the improved security situation in the province.

Thanking the prime minister for prioritising development schemes in Balochistan, the chief minister said deprivations of the people were being aptly being addressed through the federal government’s major initiatives in the province.