Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) government was committed to implement its manifesto and would fulfill all the promises it made with the people.

While talking to members of the National Assembly from Swabi, Mardan, Charsaddah, Nowshera and Peshawar districts here at the Prime Minister’s Office, Imran Khan said that maintenance of law and order situation and writ of the government was the top priority. He said when the PTI came into power, the country was facing a critical financial crisis and the government’s first priority was to approach the friendly countries to stabilize the economy.

The prime minister said the government was working on giving required facilities to the export industry to increase country’s exports, besides making efforts to provide health, education and other facilities to the people on priority basis. He told the parliamentarians that five million housing scheme of the government would not only provide housing facilities to the people but also generate huge economic activity in the country and provide job opportunities to the youth.”Work is also in progress to provide temporary shelters and two times meal to the poor and destitute in various cities,” he said.

The prime minister said MNAs of those constituencies where Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) survey had not been conducted should inform the government so that survey about poverty could be conducted in those areas on priority basis.

He said presently the country was passing through a critical juncture, but expressed the hope that the people would see a visible change in the next six years. Pakistan has a lot of potential, he said, and added that about 100 million talented youth under the age of 35 years had the ability to change destiny of Pakistan.

The prime minister said the ministers had been made responsible about their duties and their performance would be reviewed regularly, adding that the PTI government had set the tradition of reviewing performance of the ministers for the first time.He said the process of accountability would continue despite all hue and cry. The parliamentarians informed the prime minister about problems of their respective constituencies and development projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The prime minister assured them of resolution of problems of their constituencies on priority basis.

Separately, while chairing a meeting about poverty alleviation and related reforms, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the PTI government did not want to limit poverty alleviation to the financial assistance alone, but wanted a durable solution of the issue by reforming various sectors and creating job opportunities in the country.

He called for utilizing the local government system at lower tiers so as to reach the needy and avoid the wastage of spending.

Published in Daily Times, November  8^th 2018.