Citing difficulties regarding the IMF’s agreement, the prime minister said China, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stood with Pakistan like rocks.
He said that he could not sleep due to fears of Pakistan being at the verge of default, but with the grace of Allah Almighty, Pakistan was now, on its right direction.
The ceremony was attended by ministers, parliamentarians, relevant authorities and a large number of people.
The prime minister said that under his Youth’s programmes about Rs 80 billion were set aside and declared that if the government had more resources, he would not hesitate to allocate them for the country’s youth.
He said under the laptops scheme, the students were given the gadgets due to their hard work.
Due to this facility, a huge number of youth had been earning livelihood and getting education while sitting at homes, he added.
The prime minister declared that if the PML-N got another opportunity to serve the country, they would spread a network of laptops.
He further said that price hike had burdened the poor people, but these difficulties could be overcome with collective hard work, dedication and sincerity.
The prime minister also underlined the priorities of his government including agriculture development, information technology, exploration of minerals etc to achieve progress.
He reiterated that life could no longer be led on foreign loans and stressed that the country people had to decide whether to live with respect or on begging.
Referring to the soft launch of uplift projects in the area, he expressed the confidence that it would uplift facade of the area and ease traffic vehicular traffic, besides boosting trade activities.
Minister for Communications Maulana Asad Mahmood, in his remarks, said that the coalition government was continuously working for the uplift of the country.
They had formed government through a constitutional struggle and strove to save it from default, restored development projects and completed them within 14 months of its rule, adding they also took Pakistan out of FATF’s grey list.
The minister said the motorway network launched by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would soon turn Pakistan into hub of regional and global economic and trade activities.
The coalition government had restored confidence of the foreign investors under the dynamic leadership of the prime minister, he added.
The minister regretted that trust of the friendly nations was damaged during the previous government’s rule.
Maulana Asad said that they assured the nation to put an end to the ‘engineered governments and elections’ forever.
Minister for Federal Education and Training Rana Tanveer Hussain, on the occasion, said that 90 percent public projects were completed by the PML-N governments.
The just inaugurated projects were dreams of the area which had now turned into reality and would change fate of the people, he added.
He observed that it was due to the leadership of the prime minister that steered Pakistan out of the difficulties and put it on the path of progress and prosperity which was carved out by the previous PML-N governments.