QUETTA
\nPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that four hundred small dams were built when he was the country\u2019s prime minister so that the provision of water to the people could be ensured.
\nAddressing the meeting of PML-N Balochistan in Quetta, he said that Danish Schools were built when his brother Shehbaz Sharif was Punjab\u2019s chief minister.
\nFormer prime minister said he wanted to provide the best educational facilities to the children of Balochistan. \u201cIt was the PML-N government during whose tenure Kachhi Canal was built at the cost of Rs50 billion,\u201d he said, adding, \u201cThe canal has the capacity to irrigate 125,000 acres of land.\u201d
\nNawaz claimed that it was the PML-N alone that cared for Balochistan. \u201cWe connected Gwadar with Sindh and built the coastal highway,\u201d he said, and added, \u201cNow we plan to resume work on the construction of a road between Quetta and Islamabad that will pass through Dera Ismail Khan.\u201d
\nHe said the project was due to be completed in 2018. \u201cBut why was it left unfinished? It is beyond comprehension,\u201d PML-N supremo said, and added that nobody else, but Balochistan and Pakistan suffered because of that.
\nHe recalled that it took one-and-a-half- day to reach Gwadar from Quetta. \u201cBut the road link that we provided between the two cities shortened the distance considerably,\u201d he said. He boasted that unlike the PML-N, there were parties which made tall claims prior to coming to power, but did nothing for the masses.
\nReferring to the PTI government\u2019s slogan of \u2018tabdeeli\u2019 (change), Nawaz asked, where was the change that had been promised? The former prime minister was of the view that there was a need to tell children who had delivered and who had not.
\nHe went on to say that improvement in health, education sectors and road infrastructure was not only on the PML-N\u2019s agenda. \u201cWe are also eyeing the completion of Pakistan\u2019s best airport at Gwadar.\u201d
\nHe said he was the one who had first proposed building a port at Gwadar. Nawaz said that after coming to power, the PML-N government would launch the scheme of solar panels so that people could be rid of inflated electricity bills.
\nEarlier, matters such as distribution of party tickets for the general elections and other political matters came under discussion at the meeting. Later, the PML-N supremo left Quetta for Lahore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
QUETTA Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that four hundred small dams were built when he was the country\u2019s prime minister so that the provision of water to the people could be ensured. Addressing the meeting of PML-N Balochistan in Quetta, he said that Danish Schools were built when his brother […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-368185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n