Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed has said that the PTI government strongly believes in good governance and supremacy of merit and would provide jobs opportunity and professional skill development training to 45,000 youth on merit in Ministry of Communication, National Highway Authority (NHA) and other relevant institutes.
He was addressing the inauguration of Havalian-Mansehra Section of Hazara Motorway at Abbottabad on Monday. The minister said the government would take Pakistan to new heights of progress and development under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and principles of Riyasat-e-Madina.
Under the Prime Minister's Youth Skills Development Program, he said 45,000 youth would be given employment and internship opportunities in Ministry of Communications, Postal Services, National Highway Authority and other organizations to take full advantage of their talent.
Pakistan has started moving to progress and development, he said adding that they pulled out Pakistan's economy from the critical situation and had put on right direction and accurate path. He said that all additional vehicles of his ministry had been auctioned under PM's austerity campaign and its money is being used on people's welfare."
The minister said when PTI government came into power, all public sector entities including NHA and postal services were running in loss and the country was confronted with numerous challenges including corruption and the poor governance due to wrong policies of past rulers.
He said Rs24,000 billion loans were taken by past regimes during their last ten years, and rampage of corruption had made the institutions weak besides adversely affected service delivery. Murad Saeed said expensive properties were bought by former rulers in London through corruption and financial irregularities that resulted in the plunge of the national economy.
He said that accountability will continue and the plundered amount would be recovered from the corrupt elements. Murad Saeed said his ministry has recovered about Rs 10.80 billion from its own departments during the time period of 14 months and would continue to pursue the policy of accountability of his own institutions.
The minister said the PTI government soon after coming into power, had diverted focus on good governance, austerity, revival of national economy, elimination of corruption and earned about Rs43 billion in the first year by his ministry. He said Rs50 billion revenue targets had been set for his department for this year and efforts would be made to earn double in current financial year.
He said merit and transparency was the hallmark of his ministry as we came into politics to make Pakistan a welfare state in line with Riyasate Madina principles and eliminate corruption in the country.
The minister said the PTI govt had initiated multifaceted welfare-oriented programmes like Ehsaas programme, Kamyab Jawan programme, Sehat Insaf Card, shelter homes and Ehsas Langar to provide direct relief to downtrodden and poor masses.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019