Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR ( AJK) (Parliament Times): Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq has said that he will continue to serve the state and its people with the same spirit and zeal with which he has been rendering his services for the last one year.
Prime Minister Haq said this while addressing a ceremony hosted by AJK government minister Javed Butt in the federal metropolis on Saturday on completion of one-year of the incumbent coalition government.
Sharing his one-year experience in running the affairs of the state, the PM said that the year-long journey was full of challenges and opportunities during which the government achieved many milestones.
“I am grateful to the state machinery for lending full support”, he said.
“I am grateful to the state machinery for lending full support”, he said.
The PM said that the government has successfully rid the state of the mafias.
“Today, no one can dare to challenge the writ of the state”, he said.
The PM said that the budget was being utilized properly for development and well being of citizens. “So far, 60% of the budget has been spent” the PM said, adding that transparency has been key in government spendings. He said that the budget deficit of 8 billion was brought down to 1 billion.
” Major reforms have been introduced in road construction, social sector programs, health and education sectors”, he said, adding that biometric attendance in health and education sectors was made compulsory to ensure hundred percent attendance.
He said that health sector had witnessed great improvement during the past one year. “District hospitals are performing well”, he said, adding that the main objective of the government was to serve its people.
He said that health sector had witnessed great improvement during the past one year. “District hospitals are performing well”, he said, adding that the main objective of the government was to serve its people.
“People don’t pay taxes because they have have lost their faith in the state institutions”, he said, adding that the people people would pay taxes once their trust in the state institutions is restored.
the army chief Gen. Asim Munir for his emotional attachment with Kashmiris’ freedom struggle.
The AJK premier thanked Government Minister Javed Butt for organizing a wonderful ceremony on the completion of one year of the government. He also thanked the allied parties for their support and cooperation.
On this occasion, former President and Prime Minister Sardar Muhammad Yaqub Khan, Government Ministers Abdul Majid Khan, Ms. Taqdees Gilani, Sardar Amir Altaf, Sardar Javed Ayub, Mian Abdul Waheed, Sardar Zia Qamar, Chaudhry Muhammad Rashid, Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad, Chaudhry Azhar Sadiq, Ms. Imtiaz Naseem and others were also present.
