Balochistan, victim of our collective neglect: PM

Gwadar: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday said that despite sporadic attempts here and there, Balochistan has been a victim of our collective neglect.

Turning to Twitter he shared the glimpses of the yesterday’s event and wrote: “It was quite an eventful day in Gwadar yesterday where I was joined by federal ministers, Army & Naval Chiefs, Governor and Chief Minister Balochistan and the government officials”.

We inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for a series of development, infrastructural and educational projects that will change the destiny of the region, he stated.

Shehbaz Sharif added that the province has not progressed at par with other federating units, which is a shame.

He continued to write: “My idea of development is rooted in the uplift of standards of living of the people,” adding that it is their socio-economic well-being and welfare that forms the core of real development.

The premier further said the people of Balochistan have the first right on the resources of the province.

When their lives and those of their children change for the better, they will own development & become a partaker in it, he added.

PM further said that he toured all the affected regions of Balochistan during the devastating floods last year and saw the conditions himself.

“At the risk of repetition, I would say that Pakistan's progress is linked to that of Balochistan,” he added.

He further stated that his meeting with the youth of the province on the occasion of distribution of laptops was a high point of his visit, adding that: “Their beaming faces reassured me that the future of Balochistan and Pakistan is in safe and responsible hands. The old guard only needs to do their bit”.

It was quite an eventful day in Gwadar yesterday where I was joined by federal ministers, Army & Naval Chiefs, Governor & CM Balochistan and the government officials. We inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for a series of development, infrastructural and educational… pic.twitter.com/44WqhLPbET

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) July 28, 2023