KOHAT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a gas project worth nearly Rs3.9 billion in Kohat city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The prime minister also announced a development package for Kohat - including gas provision, highways and roads, a hospital, railway service and a university campus for women.
“In my view, there should be a ‘change’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and we are going to bring that real change based on development,” Nawaz said in a thinly veiled reference to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s slogan of ‘tabdeli’.
The prime minister, who arrived here on a day-long visit to lay foundation stone of the gas project, said the people realised that which political party had in fact taken steps for their prosperity.
Nawaz said a highway will be constructed from Kohat, Jand and Pindi Ghaib that would link to motorway, reducing the travel distance up to Islamabad and Peshawar.
The prime minister announced to set up a state-of-the-art hospital in Kohat, where the poor patients would be treated free of cost. He also announced of setting up a women campus of Kohat University in the city.
Nawaz said a rail car service would be initiated on experimental basis from Rawalpindi to Kohat and vice versa. He announced grant of Rs200 million and Rs100 million for Kohat’s district and tehsil councils, respectively.
The prime minister said that the country today was making rapid progress and mentioned that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would usher in an era of prosperity in the country.
Nawaz said the world was acknowledging the economic turnaround of Pakistan, adding that the recent appreciation by head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) was a compliment for the country.
The prime minister said the development projects would end poverty and bring opportunities for the youth in the country.