*ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed on Wednesdaysaid, “There should be no misconception about the incumbent government’sintention to put the game changer China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)and former government’s projects at the back burner”.*
In an interview with the state-run wire service, the minister said, “CPECand ongoing projects of the ministry would be completed on priority basiswhereas no new project has been added in the Public Sector DevelopmentProgramme (PSDP) 2018-19”.
He said the ongoing projects of the ministry were given due considerationin the PSDP 2018-19 as Rs25 billion have been allocated for these projects.
“All projects belong to Pakistan not to any individual or political partyand Prime Minister Imran Khan is clear in his vision to ensure quality andin time completion of all ongoing projects particularly the game changerCPEC as their completion will guarantee country’s prosperous future,” headded.
A visit, in the next week, of Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9), he said isplanned to observe the construction work on the project and it is in thepipeline to propose extension in M-9 from Hyderabad to Sukkur. He said thatI have also planned to promote tourism in the regions particularlyKumrat-Chakdara route and others where there are ample opportunities toexplore the untapped tourism potential.
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He said it is also under consideration to execute all of the projects underMinistry of Communications on Build-operate-transport (BOT) basis.
To a question Murad Saeed said that there was no prospect of any NationalTask Force to be formed in the Ministry of Communications like the othersformed in various ministries.
“A task force was formed to give policy guidelines and research foreffective and enhanced working of institutions. Our ministry unlike anyother has moved a step forward as it has set its own 75 days action planand started implementing it which has transcended the level of a taskforce,” he added.
