ISLAMABAD: Federal minister for communications, Arbab Alamgir Khan
has announced that PM Yousaf Raza Gilani had promised to fund the
Lowari tunnel project.
Presiding over a high level meeting, in
the conference room of Communications ministry, the federal minister
for Communications informed the participants that he had requested PM
for funds worth Rs. 2 billion, out of which Pm had committed Rs.1.5
billion.
Informing the meeting that developmental projects for
Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Province would also be funded to a tune of Rs.6.5
billion during the current fiscal year, he also highlighted the
importance of Lowari tunnel, assuring residents of Chitral that current
regime would strive its utmost to fulfill the visions of former and
late PMs, Z. A Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto.
He cited current
floods, rains and other calamities as making their inroads into
National scenario, and paucity of funds was creating hurdles in relief
and rehabilitation efforts.
The minister assured that the
government was busy in keeping a spate of developmental projects in
entire Country, while it prioritizes addressing the grievances of
smaller Provinces, like Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa. Online
