Karachi: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal stated that enemies of Pakistan want to destabilize Pakistan but Pakistani nation and Pak-Army will not let them be successful and maintained that CPEC will bring prosperity and progress in Pakistan.
Interior minister while addressing from a conference held in the connection of CPEC on Tuesday said that Fusion of Chinese one belt, one road and Pakistan Vision 2025 has been realized in the form of CPEC which will bring prosperity and progress in Pakistan and the region.
He added that developing Pakistan as a hub of the regional connectivity is major pillar of Pakistan’s vision 2025.
Interior Minister stated that owing to the Geographic and Strategic location of Pakistan and economic turnaround, Pakistan has assumed greater importance in the international economic arena.
He emphasized that new connectivity develops new markets, which creates new demand resulting in new growth.
In CPEC we have developed a portfolio of about $50 Billion; the bulk of the investment is going in energy sector; Minister told the delegation, he added.
Interior Minister also said that the country was suffering from 18-20 hours of load shedding on daily basis when the incumbent government came into power in 2013.
He added that today, power shortages have been reduced in many areas to zero hours and in some area to 2-4 hours.
10,000 MW of electricity have been added in the last four years which is a great achievement of the current government.
He also stated that the half of investment in the energy sector is catered from CPEC and the rest has come from government resources.
The Interior Minister said that CPEC entails good return for the Chinese investors and gives Pakistan much needed foreign investment.
He also highlighted that regional economies will greatly benefit from development of Gawadar Port as modern smart port city.
Interior Minister also asserted that the 207 million population of Pakistan consists of 80 million middle class and youth constitutes two third of the total population. The rising middle class in the country is attractive for investors as it provides them a good market.
He added that development of Modern infrastructure; economic growth, strategic location and well trained human resource are attracting investors from Europe and America.
Interior Minister said that the vision 2025 is premised on making Pakistan top 25 economy by the year 2025.
