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Operation to continue until Karachi becomes a crime-free city: Nawaz
* PM says operation is moving ahead without being deterred by incidents happening there * Blow-back of military operation far less than what was being anticipated
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said that Karachi would be made a crime-free city and the ongoing operation would continue to achieve the objective.
“We are going ahead without being deterred by the incidents happening there. The crime rate of extortion and kidnapping is falling down in the city,” the Prime Minister said addressing the launching ceremony of the National Aviation Policy 2015 here. The aviation policy has been launched after 15 years introducing various reformative measures to uplift the country’s aviation sector that had been witnessing negative growth of 0.01 percent against India at 1.5 pc, Thailand 9.0 pc, Malaysia 3.6 pc and Philippines 2.4 pc.
Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Aviation Shujaat Azeem also addressed the ceremony. The Prime Minister said the operation was launched with the consent of all political parties and required resources would be provided to the law enforcement agencies to achieve the desired results. He said the government was attending the issue of Karachi regularly and he would again visit the city within few days to personally monitor the operation there. Nawaz Sharif said the attraction of Karachi city would be revived for the investors, foreigners as well as the common man.
He said the Operation Zarb-e-Azb was going successfully, though such action should have been launched about a decade ago. But, the Prime Minister said his government had accepted the challenge and the security forces had dismantled the terrorists’ networks and hideouts. He said the blow-back of the military operation was also negligible and far lesser what he had thought. The Prime Minister said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government was carrying out expeditious uplift work in the communication sector. He said the aviation sector could not get the required attention but the incumbent government never neglected this one of the most important sectors.
He said the aviation growth in South Asia had been witnessed at around 8.4 percent but it stood at 0.01 percent in Pakistan that was in no way suitable for the country, therefore it was inevitable to formulate such a policy. The Prime Minister quoted Shujaat Azeem saying that the aviation policy was one of the most modern and finest policies that had been formulated after consultation with all stakeholders.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk