'Nawaz leading real march towards progress, prosperity'

Prime Minister's Special Envoy, Ambassador Javed Malik has said that Pakistan's real march towards progress and prosperity has already started under leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif which aims to make Pakistan an economic power and address the challenges facing the country.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, he said, the government has taken meaningful steps to address the energy crises and work on major power generation projects has already commenced. Efforts to restore economic stability have been recognised globally and recently Pakistan's economic outlook was upgraded from negative to 'stable' by international rating agency 'Moody', he added.
Similarly, for the first time in our history a comprehensive and effective strategy to tackle the issue of extremism was evolved in consultation with the Armed forces to root out the menace of extremism, and the operation in Waziristan was launched to eliminate those miscreants that were creating disturbances across Pakistan, he held. Ambassador Javed Malik said that providing relief to the common man remains paramount in Prime Minister's vision for a prosperous Pakistan and in addition to creating employment opportunities, the government is also encouraging the a culture of entrepreneurship among the youth of the country by providing SME loans designed to enable them to become financially self-reliant.
He said, the Prime Minister and his team are working round the clock to transform Pakistan's challenges into opportunities, poverty into prosperity and lead the march from darkness of load-shedding towards a bright and promising future for our common man.
Paying tribute to positive civil military relations, Ambassador Javed Malik said that the political government and armed forces are working in co-ordination in the national interest and at a time when our brave soldiers are engaged in war for Pakistan's sovereignty we must all unite as one nation and set aside our differences. He further added that "the need of the hour is to remain united, and this is not the time for rallies and protests. Any rally or protest that aims to destroy national unity is not in the interest of Pakistan, and those who indulge in such destructive behaviour are doing dis-service to the country. They would be better advised to leave their politicking for later as at this time our political and military leadership requires total unity of purpose in the national interest.