Govt focused on development of South Balochistan: Asim Bajwa

ISLAMABAD: Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that the government is currently focused on building roads in South Balochistan for better connectivity and socio-economic development.

On a social media website Twitter, Saleem Bajwa said “Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar and Awaran-Bela are in focus to transform this region”.

In South Balochistan,current focus is on building roads for better connectivity and socio economic development. Hoshab-Awaran-Khuzdar &Awaran-Bela (shown dotted in purple) in focus to transform this region. #CPEC #pakistanmakingprogress pic.twitter.com/zpUj6akTjw

— Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimSBajwa) July 26, 2020

On July 24, Prime Minister Imran Khan had asserted that the PTI-led federal government is giving top priority to provide peace, security and socio-economic development for the people of Balochistan.

While chairing a second meeting of the National Development Council PM Imran expressed determination to bring Balochistan out of its “sense of deprivation” by initiating a series of development projects to undo the neglect of decades in the province.

Federal Ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Mohammad Hammad Azhar, Ali Haider Zaidi, Omer Ayub Khan, Advisers Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, and Abdul Razak Dawood, Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, and other senior officials attended the meeting.

The prime minister said he was fully cognizant of the problems people in Balochistan face and expressed his commitment to turn the situation around by providing them relief and services in the best possible manner.

“Financial resources allocated for Balochistan in the past were never diverted towards the development of the province,” the PM added.

PM Imran said such a state of affairs led to dismal development in the province and caused “a sense of deprivation” among its people.