Unveils a host of development package for Bagh
Bagh, (Parliament Times) : Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has announced a historic development package worth billions of rupees for Bagh during his visit to the city.
While addressing a mammoth gathering in the city, the PM unveiled a host of packages including 1 billion interest-free loans for the residents of Bagh, establishment of a Veterinary College and Army Public School, providing additional funds to Bagh Development Authority, opening Kashmir University campus in the city, setting up of a DSP office in Hari Gahl, construction of concrete houses for the post 90s Kashmiri refugees and making Rada Bairpani a subdivision and granting Nayabat-status to Mallot and South Bagh.
Addressing the gathering the PM said that the government would leave no stone unturned in securing the rights from the federal government. In case the federal government didn’t honour its commitment regarding the release of funds, the PM said that he along with his cabinet would stage a protest sit-in outside the parliament in Islamabad.Praising the people of Poonch for their courage and bravery, the PM said that the people of the region have always rendered matchless sacrifices for the freedom movement as well as the defense of Pakistan and sent a strong message to the world that no power on the surface of Earth could defeat them.“We stand shoulder to shoulder with our brethren in the occupied Kashmir in their just struggle for right to self-determination”, he said adding that we will never let the freedom movement of Kashmir weaken.
Reiterating his commitment to address the problems being faced by the common masses, the PM said resolving people’s problems was his responsibility. Thanking the residents of Bagh for their generous welcome the PM said that he owed a debt of gratitude to the people for the historic reception he received on his visit to the city.Earlier, the Prime Minister was received a rousing reception on his arrival at Bagh, the main highway right from Muzaffarabad to Bagh was decorated with welcome banners. Ministers, office bearers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and government secretaries including Agriculture Minister Sardar Mir Akbar Khan, Sardar Tahir Iqbal Khan, Sardar Iftikhar Rasheed and others were part of the PM’s cavalcade.
Hailing the party chairman Imran Khan’s political acumen, the PM said, “Imran Khan is now considered a global leader”.
On the occasion officials of MTBC and IT Board Azad Kashmir signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the development of information technology sector in Azad Kashmir.An MoU was signed between the sports department and the Kashmir Kings for the development of sports.