Lahore:President Pakistan Muslim League-N, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif presided over a meeting which decided that the August will be celebrated as a “month of determination”. It was decided that after 1947, August and Ramazanul Mubarak are falling in the same month, it would be pledged that Pakistan will be made a sovereign, prosperous and independent country in accordance with the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal by eliminating poverty, price-hike, unemployment, loadshedding and lawlessness.
Functions will be held in all districts in this regard. The central ceremony will be held on August 05 in Lahore. A national conference with regard to energy, trade and education will be arranged in Karachi at the end of August. Senator Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Senator Pervez Rasheed, Senator Mushahidullah, Anusha Rehman, Tariq Azeem and Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif also participated in the meeting.
later,a statment issued from President Pakistan Muslim League-N, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif,in which he said that the conspiracies of delaying general elections for a year is a self-deception and if anyone has such a plan in his mind, he should forget it as PML-N will strongly oppose such conspiracies. He said that early and fair elections are the only solution to all crises being faced by the country. He said that PML-N has resolved the issue of a unanimous Chief Election Commissioner by remaining in assembly and if PML-N had come out of assemblies, Zardari government would have created a new crisis in the country by appointing its favourite Chief Election Commissioner. He said that Muslim League-N has ensured the appointment of unanimous Chief Election Commissioner and it will also ensure the setting up of caretaker governments in the country. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that Zardari government has ruined the country during last four years and every passing day of the present government is becoming very harmful for the nation. He said that the present government has destroyed the economy of the country due to its inefficiency and incapability as a result of which the loadshedding, price-hike, unemployment and poverty have made the life of the people miserable. He said that the freedom, sovereignty, security and solidarity of a country which has weak economy becomes at stake. He said that strong economy is vital for the stability and solidarity of the country.
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said had the policies of PML-N been continued, Pakistan would have been included in the most developing countries of Asia. He disclosed that the Manifesto Committee of PML-N has evolved a comprehensive programme of energy, trade and education through which country would be able to join the ranks of fastest progressing countries of Asia. He said that lack of quality education and job opportunities is the most serious issue being faced by the youth of the country and it is only through bringing about an industrial revolution that unemployment can be controlled. He said that in view of the agriculture economy of Pakistan, industries will be set up across the country so that rural areas could also benefit from progress and development. He said that the present government and its allies are responsible for existing situation, who have given importance to their personal interests while brought miseries to 18 crore people of Pakistan. He said that the problems of the people have been aggravated by the government by load-shedding in the holy month of Ramzan. He said that load-shedding problem is artificial to a large extent as it is the result of corruption and inefficiency of the rulers. He said that if the government pays serious attention to this issue and curtails its lavish expenditure, then load-shedding can be overcome within 48 hours through the provision of additional resources. He said that south Punjab will prove to be a bastion of Pakistan Muslim League-N as its government has initiated a large number of development projects in this region and the way Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has supervised the relief and rehabilitation activities for the flood affectees, will always be remembered by the masses. He was talking on the occasion of joining of leader of Muslim League-Q Asim Bher and various Nazims of constituency 148 from Multan to Muslim League-N. Nawaz Sharif also accepted the invitation of public meeting in Makhdoom Rashid. Deputy Secretary General Muslim League-N, Ahsan Iqbal MNA was also present on the occasion.