{"id":27667,"date":"2017-05-05T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=27667"},"modified":"2017-05-05T16:41:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T16:41:40","slug":"our-government-is-corruption-free-and-not-tainted-with-even-one-financial-scam-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2017\/05\/our-government-is-corruption-free-and-not-tainted-with-even-one-financial-scam-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Our government is corruption-free and not tainted with even one financial scam: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-27667-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-flv\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PM-speaks-at-Neelum-Jhelum-Hydro-project.flv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PM-speaks-at-Neelum-Jhelum-Hydro-project.flv\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PM-speaks-at-Neelum-Jhelum-Hydro-project.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>NEELUM JHELUM, May 5 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz<br \/>\nSharif Friday said his government was corruption-free and has not<br \/>\nbeen tainted in even a single scandal of financial bungling as<br \/>\ntransparency in all projects was its hallmark since 2013.<br \/>\nHe was addressing a gathering here after witnessing the<br \/>\nbreakthrough ceremony of Right Head-race tunnel of Neelum Jhelum<br \/>\nproject marking completion of the 68-kilometer long tunnels system.<br \/>\nThe event marked a major milestone towards completion of the<br \/>\nstrategically important 969 MW-Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif came down heavily on the<br \/>\nopposition for pursuing a policy of mud slinging, \u201cnegative<br \/>\npolitics\u201d and hampering country\u2019s march towards progress and<br \/>\ndevelopment and said it was only during the tenure of PML-N<br \/>\ngovernments that the country moved ahead.<br \/>\nSharif who was visiting the project for the fourth time, said<br \/>\nridding the country of power outages was his earnest desire. He<br \/>\nregretted that some people today were protesting against power<br \/>\noutages, while it were they who were responsible for the present<br \/>\nstate of affairs.<br \/>\nWithout naming anyone and in an apparent reference to the<br \/>\nrecent protest by the Pakistan Peoples Party in Lahore against<br \/>\nloadshedding, the Prime Minister said \u201cPeople are sick of you, for<br \/>\nabusing the government daily, for using dirty language, and for<br \/>\nsomething for which you are responsible.\u201d<br \/>\nSharif recalled that the people were apprehensive that<br \/>\nPakistan might default by year 2012, however said that owing to the<br \/>\nsincerity of his team and hard work, things have completely changed.<br \/>\nHe said gone were the days when the country witnessed 18 hours<br \/>\nlong loadshedding and the economy was about to collapse.<br \/>\n\u201cThe back of terrorists have been broken, the country\u2019s<br \/>\neconomy is booming, and the industry today is getting electricity<br \/>\nand natural gas without any break.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe have not indulged in politics of confrontation, backbiting<br \/>\nand mud slinging and due to this reason, we have taken the country<br \/>\nforward on path of progress and prosperity,\u201d Sharif said.<br \/>\n\u201cHiding like an ostrich would do no good, making tall claims<br \/>\ndoes not achieve anything, and God willing, the \u2018sher\u2019 \u2013 lion will<br \/>\nbe again in power in 2018,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister said the country was witnessing a<br \/>\nrevolution and added that 68 km long tunnel through a difficult<br \/>\nterrain has been completed and termed it an unusual feat.<br \/>\nHe said the project was a victim of delays and poor planning<br \/>\nin the past and said had his government not taken interest, this<br \/>\nwould have lingered for years to come. He said no previous<br \/>\ngovernment had any interest, or sense of responsibility towards<br \/>\ncompleting this task.<br \/>\nHe said the project, one of the many, was part of his<br \/>\ngovernment\u2019s commitment to end the curse of loadshedding from the<br \/>\ncountry.<br \/>\nPrime Minister Sharif said after the power project in Bhikki,<br \/>\nBaloki, Sahiwal and Port Qasim, were near completion. He questioned<br \/>\nwhy no other government in the past thought of inter connecting the<br \/>\ncountry with a network of high quality six lane roads.<br \/>\nHe also mentioned the growing foreign investments, improvement<br \/>\nin law and order situation, particularly in Karachi, improved<br \/>\nrankings by international rating agencies, the best performing stock<br \/>\nmarket, as some of his govenrment\u2019s achievements.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister said every month new power projects would<br \/>\ncome on line and mentioned the Thar Coal and Sahiwal projects that<br \/>\nwere nearing completion.<br \/>\nHe said by early next year 10,000 MW would be added to the<br \/>\nsystem, equivalent to the power added in past 70 years. \u201cIt is no<br \/>\nsmall feat,\u201d he said and attributed it to God\u2019s help and Chinese<br \/>\ncooperation.<br \/>\nThe Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over the pace of<br \/>\nprogress in the power projects and said more electricity would bring<br \/>\nin more employment opportunities and boost industrialisation and<br \/>\nproductivity.<br \/>\nEarlier the Prime Minister witnessed the break-through of the<br \/>\nRight Headrace Tunnel by the second Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). He<br \/>\nwas accompanied by President AJK Sardar Masood Khan, Prime Minister<br \/>\nAJK Raja Farooq Haider, Minister for Water and Power Khawaja<br \/>\nMuhammad Asif, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid<br \/>\nKhaqan Abbasi. Minister of State for power Abid Sher Ali and<br \/>\nparliamentarians.<br \/>\nA documentary detailing various phases of the project was also<br \/>\nshown. About 92 percent construction work has been completed on the<br \/>\nproject, involving extensive tunnel work in one of the hardest<br \/>\nterrains.<br \/>\nThe first unit of Neelum Jhelum Hydro Power Project will start<br \/>\nelectricity generation by the end of February 2018, the second unit<br \/>\nin mid March, whereas the third and the fourth unit will be<br \/>\ncompleted in April 2018.<br \/>\nChairman WAPDA Lieutenant General Muzammil Hussain (Retd)<br \/>\nlauded the Prime Minister for his commitment and vision and said<br \/>\nunder his dynamic leadership Pakistan was on the path of economic<br \/>\nprosperity and development.<br \/>\nHe said the project was ahead of its time-line and would be<br \/>\nproducing over 900 MW of electricity in seven months time. He said<br \/>\nsimilarly work on other projects was going on at a fast pace. He<br \/>\nsaid work on Dasu dam would start in June this year and 2200 MW<br \/>\nwould be produced by the year 2022, while Diamir Bhasha would be up<br \/>\nby 2027.<\/p>\n<p>APP\/Zaheer<\/p>\n<p>VNS, Islamabad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEELUM JHELUM, May 5 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said his government was corruption-free and has not been tainted in even a single scandal of financial bungling as transparency in all projects was its hallmark since 2013. 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