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SKARDU: Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has said that a historic development package for Gilgit-Baltistan will be formulated in a few weeks.
The minister took to Twitter and wrote that he had a meeting with Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid. He said that in the next few weeks, through a joint team, they will formulate a historic development package for Gilgit-Baltistan.
وزیر اعلیٰ گلگت بلتستان خالد خورشید کے ساتھ مل کر وفاق اور گلگت بلتستان کی مشترکہ ٹیم بنائی ہے جو چند ہفتوں میں انشاءاللہ گلگت بلتستان کے لئے ایک تاریخی ترقیاتی پیکج مرتب کرے گی. وزیراعظم کی ترجیح وہ پاکستانی ہیں جو کمزور طبقے سے ہیں اور پسماندہ علاقے ہیں. دو نہیں ایک پاکستان pic.twitter.com/13KkrWncys
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) January 14, 2021
According to the minister, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s priority is Pakistanis who are from the lower sections and backward areas. It may be recalled that earlier, the prime minister had said that the path taken by Gilgit-Baltistan would change the lives of the people.
The prime minister in his statement on 2nd December last year said that he wanted to give resources to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and would form a committee to give provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Earlier, Asad Umar had said the government is promptly taking decisions to procure the anti-Covid vaccine and has started talks with a Chinese company. The minister the completion of the procurement process of COVID-19 vaccines will take some time.
He said the vaccine will initially be administered to the healthcare staff followed by other people. Umar said the government’s timely decisions and the responsibility demonstrated by the masses have greatly contributed to check the spread of the contagion in the country.
