Re: PPP candidate wins Multan by-election
yes seraiki shosha has worked, plus prime minister has started very large projects in Multan so that would have worked as well. It was Zardari’s calculated move to make Gillani as the PM and its yielding results, it seems now that in the next elections PPP will give tough time to all parties in South Punjab. This news is I guess 2 years old.
http://pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=7992
MULTAN: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday performed foundation stone laying ceremony of Multan-Khanewal section of Motorway (M4), expansion of Bosan Road and construction of seven fly-overs in the city to introduce state-of-the-art traffic engineering system.
The foundation of the nine big projects involving a hefty amount of Rs 24.724 billion was laid in a ceremony at the divisional sports ground as part of Prime Minister South Punjab Development Package worth billions of rupees.
The 62-kilometre long Multan-Khanewal section of Faisalabad-Khanewal Motorway (M4) and an interchange will cost around Rs 16 billion. The cost of seven fly-overs has been esstimated at Rs 3.974 billion.
Bosan Road expansion project would cost around Rs 4.75 billion. The revolutionary development came just a day after the Prime Minister laid foundation of Nishtar Ghat bridge at Chachraan Sharif in Rahimyar Khan district on Saturday to meet a long standing demand of the people of South Punjab.
Prime Minister’s South Punjab uplift package also includes Rs 2.417 billion Head Muhammadwala project that is already under execution and Rs 1415 million Musa Pak Shaheed bridge in Jalalpur Pirwala which will reduce the distance between Multan and Karachi by around 74 kilometres.
The flyovers will be built at Kalma Chowk, Double Phattak, Jinnah Chowk, Rasheedabad Chowk, Chungi No 8, Chungi 9 and Chowk Naag Shah to end decades old traffic problem Multan had faced in the past.
Meanwhile, officials said that Rs 1262 million have been allocated for fly-overs at Kalma Chowk and Double Phatak, Rs 1210 million for Chungi No 8 and Chungi No 9 fly overs, and Rs 1144 million for fly overs at Jinah Chowk and Rasheedabad Chowk.
The fly-over at Chowk Naag Shah would cost around Rs 364 million.
Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of the big projects, The Prime Minister said it was the duty of the government to work for development of the people specially of those living in under-developed areas such as South Punjab.
Referring to the projects,the Prime Minister said it was an attempt to come up to the expectations of the people and to end their sense of deprivation. He said that the government would keep working hard for welfare of the poor.
It was the first time in country’s 62- year-old history that big projects worth billions of rupees were being simultaneously executed in South Punjab, said politicians including Senator Salahuddin Dogar, MPA Malik Amir Dogar, Chairman Public Accounts Committee Punjab MPA Abdul Qadir Gilani, MPA Syed Nazim Hussain Shah, and MPA Malik Ahmad Hussain Dehar.
While addressing the public meeting, they said, completionof projects would accelerate economic development in South Punjab and thereby benefit the common people.