TOBA TEK SINGH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Monday inaugurated the Gojra-Shorkot portion of the M-4 Faisalabad-Multan Motorway.
According to the Radio Pakistan, the premier said that construction for the Gojra-Shorkot section had been divided into two phases to ensure completion within the shortest possible time. He said engineers had initially estimated a cost of Rs21 billion for this section of the motorway. “You will be happy to know, because of transparent and highly competitive processes, this project will be completed in just Rs17bn.”
He said the Faisalabad-Gojra section had already been completed, while work on the Shorkot-Khanewal section would begin soon. He said the Khanewal-Multan had already been completed.
Nawaz said that the groundbreaking ceremony of the Lahore-Multan motorway would be held soon.
Referring to the Karachi-Lahore motorway, the PM said, “The motorway stretches from Peshawar to Islamabad, then Islamabad to Lahore and finally from Lahore to Karachi,” he said. “The people of Karachi and Lahore will be connected through motorways,” he said.
The premier highlighted the government’s role in development projects in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the planning of power projects and the recently announced Rs341 billion Kissan package providing relief to farmers. He said that transparency in these projects had helped save billions of rupees. “We have saved Rs110-115 billion on three projects… This is the first time in history this has happened,” he said.
