Islamabad, December 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib says Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taking steps for the betterment of the country and future generations irrespective of political considerations. Addressing a workers convention in Islamabad today [Wednesday], Farrukh Habib said the government has abolished the class education system and implemented a uniform education system across the country.
He said that no dam had been built in Pakistan after 1967 and the present government has started work on 10 major reservoirs including Mohmand Dam, Dasu Dam, Sindh Barrage. Farrukh Habib said completion of these projects will generate 10,000 MW of cheap electricity and provide 13 million acre-feet of storage. These projects will be able to store as much water as we had in the last 70 years.
He said that Health Insaf Card has been issued to the entire population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and its distribution has been started in Punjab. He said the present government has built 1700 km of roads in 3 years and KP is the only province that built its own motorway between Mardan and Swat. He said that plans are afoot to build 6,000 km of roads in Punjab at a cost of 645 billion rupees.
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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Government of Pakistan
4th Floor, Cabinet Block, Pak. Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Email: info@moib.gov.pk
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