Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for effective policing, newlegislation for strict punishment and social fight against vulgarity tocheck the immoral and sexual crimes against women and children.
In an interview with a private news channel, the Prime Minister describingthe recent motorway incident near Lahore as very unfortunate anddistressing said that has shaken entire nation.
The prime minister also stressed the need of introducing new legislationfor strict and exemplary punitive measures, including the public-hanging ofthe people convicted in such cases, especially molestation of children.
Prime Minister said Pakistan has been successful in tackling thecoronavirus due to the government’s effective policy measures and throughinstitutional arrangements.
He said the international institutions like the World Health Organizationappreciated Pakistan’s handling of the COVID-19 and urged other countriesto learn from its experience.
Prime Minister said government has checked corruption at the highest levelsand was working to curb the menace at lower tiers by introducing automationin various departments as e-governance and paperless working in offices isan effective tool to check corruption.
Imran Khan said his government is bringing a new local government system inPunjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhawa to empower the people at local levels.
About the mega construction projects including the establishment of a newcity along Ravi River in Lahore and Bundle Island in Karachi, the primeminister said his objective was to check the spread of urbanization to saveagricultural land to ensure food security in the country.
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He said the government’s projects in Punjab, Balochistan and newly mergedtribal areas are aimed at raising the living standard of poor.
He said the government has finalized the new power policy which would beannounced within a week.
To a question about Kashmir, he said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modihas made a historic blunder through its unilateral action in the IndianIllegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
He said contrary to the Indian assumption that Pakistan would remain quiet,his government internationalized it by raising the issues at allinternational fora.
About the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Pakistanand the growing Pak-China relations, he said Pakistan would benefit fromChinese experience of poverty alleviation, establishment Special EconomicZones, enhanced agricultural production through advanced seeds, andcreation of urban centers for fast economic growth.
