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Crusade against

poverty, illiteracy

to continue: Shah

SUKKUR: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Abdullah Shah declared here on Friday that conspiracies hatched by anti- Pakistan forces would be foiled with the support of people of Pakistan, while crusade against poverty, illiteracy and terrorism would be carried on with full force.

Chief Minister who was addressing a large gathering of people at the ground-breaking ceremony which was performed by Prime Minister, at ADC workshop ground in Abad village, about 5 km from Sukkur, said vested interests had started a vicious campaign of rumours a few days back that the Sindh Government was faced with deficit. The Chief Minister declared this was a blatans lie, there was no such deficit and held out that his government had enough resources to meet the nation building projects now in progress.

Shah said the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister had embarked on gigantic projects not only in Sindh, but also in other parts of Pakistan which in the coming years would greatly benefit the people, thus eliminating unemployment and poverty. He listed the proposed parallel fly- over on Indus River, of 1.4 km in length, while a 14 km path of four lanes was also being built to connect it with Sukkur, and disclosed that it would lessen the time consumption by 40 minutes, compared to the existing road way of Sukkur Barrage, which had now been over burdened.

Chief Minister said the government least bothered about the rumour- mongers, because their ultimate aim was to obstacle the course of progress and prosperity. He said the government had managed to establish peace in Karachi, and most of the terrorists had been uprooted.-APP