Those who attended the launch of the
new projects and the draw included
besides the Chief Minister, the
Federal and Provincial Ministers,
members of Parliament, federal and
provincial government officers,
businessmen, academicians, Party
activists and a large number of the
beneficiaries of the BISP.
Briefing media Spokesperson
Farhatullah Babar said that addressing
the gathering on the occasion the
President said that Shaheed Benazir
Bhutto Chair at the Jamshoro
University provided an opportunity to
researchers and scholars to dig deep
into the political philosophy of the
Muslim World�s first elected woman
Prime Minister and the twice elected
Prime Minister of Pakistan which
needed to collected and collated
before it was misplaced or damaged by
the vagaries of time
Seldom before a victim has been
transformed into a legend and become
folklore so soon after departing from
this world, the President said of
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and
complimented the
University
of
Sindh
for establishing the Chair and the
Convention Centre as homage to her
ideals and memory. Farhatullah Babar
said that the President also asked for
exploring the possibility of setting
up Research Chair in the prestigious
universities of the Muslim countries.
The President said that to pay homage
to the memory of Shaheed Mohtarma
Benazir Bhutto it was important to
promote and empower women of the
country and said that the Benazir
Income Support Program had been
launched precisely for lifting and
empowering the women.
In addition the government has decided
to give free of cost the state lands
in the command areas of new proposed
dams to the poor women of the area, he
said. Besides the Protection of Women
against Harassment law had also been
enacted to give a sense of security to
working women.
Noting that girls from rural areas are
unable to pursue higher studies in
universities is because of lack of
hostel facilities for them the
President directed the provincial
government to set up Shaheed Benazir
Bhutto Girls� Hostel in
University
of
Sindh.
President Zardari recalled that
Mohtarma Bhutto had been urging
investment in the people by improving
the quality education and health
facilities instead of building war
machines and said that the government
was conscious of its obligation to
invest more in the social sector
development.
He said that the public-private
partnership model had been adopted for
the economic and industrial
development of the country and the
Garment Cities in
Karachi,
Lahore
and
Faisalabad
were the result of this policy. The
setting up of the Cadet College Dadu
shows our emphasis on providing
quality education, he said.
Addressing businessmen gathered at the
function the President said that due
to the war against militancy
Pakistan
had suffered over 45 billion dollars
of loss over the past eight years. We
have urged the international community
to help in our economic development
through trade and not aid for fighting
the menace of militancy, the President
said.
We have impressed upon the west that
market access will create employment
opportunities in
Pakistan
and wean away the frustrated jobless
youth from joining the extremists and
militants, the President said.
The President said that in order to
assist the textile industry, a limit
had been set on exports of low valued
yarn so that raw material was
available in the domestic market for
value addition in the textile secto
The President said that as a result of
the policies the economy had turned
around, the Stock exchange had bounced
back; investors were showing
confidence by investing in
infrastructure projects and foreign
investors were showing interest in
stocks and power sector.
Earlier the President invited the
office bearers of the Press Clubs of
Hyderabad, Larkana and Sukkur for an
informal meeting over lunch. The
President was also given briefing on
Thar coal project. The President said
that we need to find out of box
solutions and work for a right energy
mix to meet our power needs. He also
asked relevant authorities for a
separate briefing on gasification of
coal for power production, the
spokesperson said.