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LAHORE: President General Pervez Musharraf has directed that Azadi Chowk, GPO and FC College underpasses should also be completed within a period of three months each, however, the Lahore Ring Road project be given priority.

The President along with Chief Minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi paid a surprise visit Sunday to different development projects in the provincial metropolis and directed the CM to conduct frequent surprise visits to other development schemes in Lahore also as he had done during the construction of The Mall Road underpass which resulted in its completion a day before the stipulated period.

He also directed that development schemes throughout the province should be executed by taking personal interest. It may be mentioned that the president arrived in the provincial metropolis on Saturday night and in the afternoon, during telephonic conversation with the chief minister, expressed his desire to visit The Mall underpass as well as other development schemes in the city.

The CM also summoned Secretary C&W Sibtain Fazle Haleem on telephone at the underpass. The CM said that due to security reasons, he would call the secretary C&W to the President’s car, who deserved congratulations for the timely completion of this project.

The President said that security was no problem. He then got off the car and commended the performance of the relevant officials and staff for the timely completion of the project.

Later, the president and the chief minister proceeded to the site of FC College underpass and reviewed the preparations for the initiation of construction work at this project after Eid.