KARACHI: Minister for communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil
has said all ongoing NHA construction projects in Karachi and Sind will
be completed in time.
He held out the assurance to senate
standing committee on communication. He told the committee that the
delay in some of the projects have been due to recent devastating floods
in the country and shortage of funds, however, the Government is now
bringing all its resources into the use to timely accomplish all these
projects.
Committee met here Thursday chaired by the Chairman
of the Committee Senator Wali Muhammad Badeni. It was also attended by
Members of the committee Senator Humayoun Mandoo Khel, Senator Naeem
Chattha, Senator Muhammad Ismail Baledi, Minister for Communications Dr.
Arbab Alamgir Khan and others.
Member Construction NHA
Aurangzeb Khan gave an introductory briefing to the participants on all
ongoing projects in Sind and Karachi and later on, the GMs gave detailed
briefings of their respective projects during which it was told that
the Federal Minister for Communications Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan has
visited Sind and Karachi to monitor progress on every project himself.
The said that the Federal Minister had given strict instructions to
complete all ongoing projects in accordance with international quality
standards and had clarified that no laxity will be tolerated in this
regard, therefore, work on all these projects in continuing at full pace
and, with the Grace of Allah, all these projects will be completed in
March next year.
The Chairman of the Committee Senator Wali
Muhammad Badeni and other members urged the NHA officials to complete
all these projects in time in broader national interest so that the
people could benefit from them. The Committee also clarified that no
unnecessary delay will be tolerated in this regard. On this occasion,
the Federal Minister Dr. Arbab Alamgir Khan Khalil said there has been
some delay in some of the project only due to recent devastating floods
and shortage of funds but now that more funds have been released, there
will be no further delay, the Minister assured.
He also said
that his recent Sind visit has been a part of the Government’s endeavor
to timely complete all these projects and it is also the desire of the
President Asif Ali Zardai and the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza
Gillani that the construction will is completed at the earliest so that
the people of Sind could benefit from it and their deprivations are
removed. The Committee Chairman and members expressed their
satisfaction on the overall progress of projects and expressed the hope
that the NHA projects in Sind and Karachi will be completed in time. Online
