ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said road network and transportation projects were vital to economic growth and directed their completion on time without compromising on the quality of work.
“Road projects will connect far flung areas to urban centers thereby improving socio-economic conditions of the people”, the prime minister said while chairing a meeting, to review the progress on various road network and transportation projects at the PM House in Islamabad.
The Director General Frontier Works Organization (FWO) Lt. General Muhammad Afzal and the Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) Shahid Ashraf Tarar briefed the participants regarding progress on various ongoing and planned road and highway projects.
The Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Sheikh Ansar Aziz briefed the meeting on progress of Metro Bus access link from Peshawar Mor Islamabad to New Islamabad Airport.
The meeting was also attended by the Minister for Water & Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif and senior officials.