Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday said that uplifting the living standards of the people was the manifesto of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government.
In a meeting with PTI’s Members of National Assembly from Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan, the prime minister urged the parliamentarians to carry forward the measures taken for the betterment of the people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to reform the education and health sectors in the province, a PM Office statement said.
The meeting was attended by Minister for Kashmir Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur, MNAs Shahid Ahmed, Noreen Farooq Ibrahim, Shandana Gulzar and Yaqoob Sheikh. Special Assistant to PM Naeemul Haq, Spokesman Nadeem Afzal Chan and PTI’s Secretary General Arshad Dad were also present.
The parliamentarians apprised the prime minister about the problems of their respective constituencies. The prime minister, while mentioning the immense potential of tourism in KP, said he believed that promotion of tourism would help improve the provincial as well as the national economy.
He assured the parliamentarians that their issues would be resolved on priority. He also directed the provincial government to devise a plan to resolve the issue of clean drinking water in Karak and DI Khan.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan asked the provincial governments to submit recommendations to stabilize and promote country’s agriculture sector by taking advantage of technological cooperation from China and other friendly states.
Chairing a high-level meeting on agriculture and food processing, he asked the provinces to submit their recommendations within a week, a PM Office statement said.
The meeting was attended by minister for food security, provincial ministers for agriculture, federal and provincial secretaries and heads of institutions related to agriculture.
The prime minister said that the promotion of agriculture was government’s priority and it would assist provincial governments to exploit the agricultural potential of the country. He also asked the provinces to point out the factors impeding the exports as well as the promotion of the agriculture sector of the country.
Separately, Chairman of Board of China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) Zhang Chun and Head of Huan DR Group Huang Daoyuan expressed keen interest in making further investments in the country in Naya Pakistan Housing Programme and in the agriculture sector.
The interest was shown by Zhang Chun and Huang Daoyuan during a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan here.
Published in Daily Times, February 2nd 2019.
