Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated on Monday that the government will not bow down before the opposition’s blackmailing tactics.
Presiding over a meeting of government and his party spokespersons, PM Imran Khan said that Pakistan Democratic Movement would have supported the government on electoral reforms if they were on the streets against any polls related issue.
The prime minister said that the opposition would have ended its protest if the governed had accepted their proposals pertaining to the amendment in NAB’s law.
Imran Khan said, the opposition did not take part in any legislation during the past two and half years, adding that they used the Parliament for their personal interests. He said that they could never misguide the masses by speaking lies.
“Now the opposition was putting pressure on the army as they knew that I will never grant them national reconciliation ordinance.” the prime minister added. Imran Khan chaired on Monday the CPEC’s Main Line-1 project survey session over which he expressed satisfaction on the progress made so far. The PM was briefed at length by the committee which included, among other notable portfolio holders, the ministry of railways and CPEC authority chairman. The ML-1 project under CPEC is amongst the great examples of Pakistan China friendship, the PM said, adding that it will form state of the art communication infrastructure in the country. ML-1 will lay the foundation of an industry that will guarantee prosperity for Pakistan and employments. The project is set to shape road networks amongst sea ports of Pakistan and will expedite Pakistani exports by chipping away at their time of delivery, the PM noted, adding that Pakistani products will timely make it to international markets once the ML-1 project has materialized, he said. The speedy delivery of exports to international markets will translate into revenue generation for Pakistan, he underscored. Presiding over a meeting to review progress in the energy sector, Imran Khan said, in a bid to provide relief to the common man, the government was working on the targeted subsidy to provide cheaper electricity to the consumersd. Imran Khan directed the concerned to mobilize all resources to provide affordable electricity to the consumers.
