MUZAFFARABAD (PID) The meeting of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet was held here on Thursday, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi was in the chair.
Addressing the cabinet The Prime Minister reaffirmed his government’s resolve to hold local bodies election before June next year to transfer power at gross root level. He said according to the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan special emphasis would be given for the development of Tourism and for this purpose a network of infrastructure will be completed .
He said side by side accelerating the pace of developmental activities in the state a special package of 500 billion rupees will be spent for the well being of the people of Azad Kashmir. He said The Prime Minister of Pakistan is taking keen interest in the development of Azad Kashmir and taking practical steps to fulfill the requirements of the people and to turn Azad Kashmir into a developed area.
He said the government will launch a skill development programme to impart technical training to the educated youth to overcome unemployment. The Prime Minister underlined the need for the completion of developmental projects within the specified time to save the government funds and to drop the fruits of development at the door steps of the common man.
He said the government will not compromise on the quality of the work and added that the Prime Minister Implementation commission will be given more powers. He said some decisions taken by the previous government in their last days of their tenure of government have created problems for the new government.
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