PM Nawaz rejects calls to step down

SHERGARH: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday rejected calls for his resignation saying that he will not step down merely on someone’s wishes.

Addressing a large gathering in Shergarh town of Okara district, the prime minister said that previous governments worsened the electricity issue and “gave the gift of loadshedding” to the country.

“We are engaged in working [for development] not sitting in idle. They are protesting while we are serving you,” he said.

He also announced Rs500 million for gas projects in 100 villages while addressing a large gathering in Shergarh town of Okara district on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, the prime minister joined farmers in Shergarh to formally inaugurate the wheat harvesting activity and symbolically harvested a bunch of wheat crop.

On this occasion, PM Nawaz was briefed about the percentage of wheat produced by Punjab and facilities being provided to the farmers.

He was informed that Punjab is the largest producer of wheat, accounting for 76 percent of the wheat produced by the country. The Punjab government has fixed wheat production target over nineteen million tonnes for this year.

The Prime Minister will also lay foundation stone of a six hundred million rupees gas supply scheme to some areas of NA-144 and a six hundred and thirty million rupees overhead bridge in Okara city.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is advancing towards development and prosperity as roads and motorways are being built in the country, and various developmental projects are underway and very near to their completion stage.

Addressing the elders in Shergarh, he said the people of Pakistan are witnessing developmental work of the incumbent government.

He said PML-N is pursuing the agenda of serving people and the government will continue its work without caring about anti-development elements, who are trying to halt the process of country's development.

The prime minister said that government is providing cheap and uninterrupted electricity to the industrial sectors of the country.

The prime minister was accompanied by Muhammad Ashiq Hussain Shah, PML-N member of National Assembly, and other high officials.

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