Proposal to de-seat PTI MNAs rejected

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the proposal of de-seating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNAs, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday stated that time should not be wasted on trivial issues.
The prime minister said the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government was determined to strengthen institutions and ensure the supremacy of the Constitution and good governance in the country.
Chairing a high-level consultative meeting with cabinet members and the PML-N leadership in the federal capital, Nawaz Sharif said the Judicial Commission has authenticated the PML-N’s mandate and the reaction of the political forces on the report was to be charted out. “It would carve out a way for the stability of the political and democratic system in Pakistan,” he added. He urged the cabinet members to highlight the findings of the inquiry commission. He desired that the process of electoral reforms should be expedited to ensure transparency in future elections. The prime minister directed the participants of the meeting to reach out to the public and take them into confidence about the PML-N’s development-oriented vision. He said it was time to show magnanimity and political maturity by all the stakeholders of democracy so that the precious time of the nation was not wasted in petty disputes. He said that he believed in the politics of values rather than the politics of power. “It is high time that we focus on strengthening the democratic process with the support of the political leadership,” he maintained.
Later, in another meeting, the prime minister directed completion of the infrastructure projects planned as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by the end of 2017 by mobilising resources and completing financial and technical formalities. He directed that all necessary arrangements must be completed before the inauguration, so that the physical work was started right after the inauguration.
Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, secretary water and power and secretary planning and development briefed the prime minister on various projects under the CPEC and informed him that the major infrastructure projects of Peshawar-Karachi Motorway including Sukka-Multan, Gojra-Khanewal and Lahore-Abdul Hakim sections of Motorway were ready for groundbreaking. The meeting also reviewed the Havelian to Thakot Road project and other sections of KKH that are being upgraded.
The meeting also reviewed the progress on the Gwadar East Bay Expressway, Mughalkot-DI Khan Road and various other road projects in Balochistan.The premier said the completion of road projects in Balochistan under the CPEC would be a gamechanger for the region. He was informed that work on the Attaabad Tunnel in Gilgit was complete and ready for inauguration in the last week of August, 2015. The prime minister will inaugurate the Attaabad Tunnel in the last week of August. He also directed to complete work on the new Gwadar International Airport in the shortest-possible time.
Nawaz was briefed on projects of upgrading of 10 railway stations on the Peshawar-Karachi main railway line. He directed high quality upgrading of railway stations, provisioning of maximum facilities to passengers, and to utilise the buildings of railway stations for economic and commercial activities.