ABBOTTABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has
said that progress of the country is being hampered through raising false slogan of corruption, saying that all false slogans, claims and words will be rejected in general elections 2018.
She was expressing these views while addressing the oath taking ceremony of newly elected members of Abbottabad Press Club on Tuesday, she
said that specialized trainings are being organized at national and provincial level for capacity building of journalists.
She
said t
hat the government is making all out efforts for welfare and protection of journalists. She
said t
hat the government is introducing Access to Information Bill for ensuring transparency in governance.
Marriyum
said that journalist community has played a vital role in the country`s fight against extremism and terrorism. She called upon the journalists to use their pens and cameras for imparting positive image of the country.
She
said that legislation is being made for protection of the journalists, saying that proposals have been received from federal union of journalists in this regard. She
said t
hat three to five years programme is being started for the journalists wherein the training and enhancing of capability of stakeholders at the clubs level and scholarships for the journalists is being arranged in universities of the country, saying t
hat this system will be implemented on the level of Information Services Academy and Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).
She also ensured the journalists that proper legislation is being done for their security and welfare and let it be known that first draft has been completed in this regard. She
said that specialized trainings are being organized at national and provincial level for capacity building of journalists. She
said t
hat the country is treading on the road to progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying that now politics cannot be separated from performance.
She
said that Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) could make government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) if prime minister wanted to do so, saying t
hat there is no danger to the prime minister (PM) who has been elected third time as PM of the country. Marriyum
said t
hat the people of KP will reject the ‘liars’ in 2018 elections. She further
said t
hat the political opponents talked about sit-ins, lockdowns, hi
ndering the way of prosperity and once again raised false slogans of corruption, saying that we have leant a lesson from the politics of the decade of 1980-90 that progress of the country cannot be stabilised through weakening the institutions. She
said that let’s become arms of PM and politics should be done for the sake of rights of people of the country.
She
said t
hat the
whole world is calling China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) a game changer as it connects 65 countries through Gwadar port. She
said that load shedding problem is being addressed on emergency basis and the ongoing development projects in the country will help overcome the energy problem.
Marriyum
said that
whole network of roads and motorways is being laid across the length and breadth of the country. She
said that every possible effort is being made to ensure the availabilit
y of best health facilities to the people.
In this regard the Sehat cards will soon be issued in remaining areas of the country under the Prime Minister`s Health Program. She
said that CPEC project will be game changer for Pakistan as well as for the
whole region linking together different countries of the region.