Record Wheat Crop to Bring Prosperity to Pakistan
'Pakistan Times' National News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday said record wheat crop would augment the income of farmers and contribute to the prosperity, growth and development of rural areas.

He said because of better availability of water, timely rains and the government's policy of encouraging balanced use of fertilizers through subsidizing phosphatic fertilizers significantly increased the wheat crop, which would directly raise the farm income across the country.

The Prime Minister said this while talking to the PML parliamentarians at the PM House this afternoon.

He said as a result of the reforms introduced by the government, living standards had improved and the purchasing power of people in rural areas had increased which was evident from the market surveys showing increased sale of consumer items.

He said the increased consumption of goods would accelerate industrial and commercial activity in the country.

The Prime Minister said the government had decided to increase the development allocation in next budget on the basis of the feedback by the parliamentarians.

He said this will increase employment opportunities and provide basic necessities of life like electricity, gas, clean drinking water and health and education facilities to the people at their doorsteps.

He said it was gratifying to note that the pace of implementation on the ongoing projects had picked up.

He said it was important that the government's reform agenda was carried forward with consistency and continuity of policies to ensure continued economic growth.

The Prime Minister said the next general elections would be held on schedule and the government of PML and its allied parties would go to the polls on the basis of their track record of bringing political stability and economic uplift of the masses.

The parliamentarians apprised the Prime Minister of the ongoing work on various development schemes in his constituency and said that once completed, these schemes would contribute towards providing better living standards and generate economic opportunities for the people of the area.

They also briefed the Prime Minister about the enrolment drive of PML in their constituencies.

The parliamentarians included Muhammad Ali Durrani, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ali Nawaz Khan Mahar, Minister of State for Industries, Chief Whip in the National Assembly, Sardar Nasrullah Khan Dareshak, and MNAs Riaz Hussain Pirzada, Malik Allah Yar, Sh. Waqas, Ali Akhtar Wain and Akhtar Kanju.●