"Let Pakistan move forward," he made an emphatic appeal. The prime minister said that those making a lot of noise against his government were in fact not properly playing their role because democracy confers both rights and responsibilities. He said that democracy should not be derailed and asked his political foes to focus on areas from where they got people's mandate. He said that there should not be any protest given the "positive work" that his government was carrying out. According to him, a visible decline in extremism can also be witnessed in the country.
Congratulating Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his entire team, the PM said the present government completed this project in a matter of a few months. He said the foundation stones of Port Qasim and Sahiwal power projects have already been laid. The Neelum-Jhelum power project would also be inaugurated anytime soon. The speed of work on these projects is unique in the history of Pakistan, he said.
Referring to previous government's negligence towards these projects, he said an inordinate delay in the release of equipment and machinery from the Karachi port inflicted a loss on the national exchequer. The Neelum-Jhelum project was another worst example of corruption and negligence of the previous government as it was originally estimated to cost Rs 84 billion and now it was going to be completed at a cost of Rs 275 billion, he said.