Skardu:
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government is trying to take over the backward areas and bring the backward areas to the forefront with Pakistan.
According to details, Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing a meeting in Skardu said that he thanked the people of Skardu for coming in winter season.
Imran Khan said that Gilgit-Baltistan is a remote area. Poverty is high and it is lagging behind. People in Balochistan are also left behind. Attention has not been paid to them. The remaining areas have to be brought up, the areas left behind have to be brought up with Pakistan.
The Prime Minister said that the rich have become richer and the poor have become poorer. This is also an economic injustice. We are trying our best to reduce poverty in the country. According to the UNDP report, the KP government is proud to reduce poverty rapidly. When our government came in 2013, KP was a victim of terrorism. Due to terrorism, the poor in KP were far behind. In KP, 700 policemen were martyred due to terrorism.
The Prime Minister said that Skardu Airport has now become an international airport, now that Skardu Airport has become an international one you can imagine the change in your life, the most beautiful mountainous region in the world is in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Referring to Gilgit-Baltistan, Imran Khan said that people do not know the beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan because it was difficult to come here.
He said that the journey on Skardu-Anivali road 30 years ago was very dangerous. Before traveling on this road, people used to say goodbye as if they would never meet again. The Prime Minister said that he visited all the most beautiful places in the world. As you can see, the most beautiful mountainous area is Gilgit-Baltistan.
Imran Khan said that on behalf of the people of GB, thanks to FWO and NHO, tourism can be a huge asset of Pakistan, Switzerland is half in front of Gilgit Baltistan, Switzerland earns 70 billion dollars from tourism. Pakistan’s exports are only 30 billion dollars . Gilgit-Baltistan visitors say that Switzerland has no competition with GB. They are linking Skardu with Azad Kashmir.
The Prime Minister said that Switzerland makes money through scanning, foreigners are watching from Gilgit-Baltistan for scanning, people of Gilgit-Baltistan now have to take care of their land, there is less land in Gilgit-Baltistan so you will need it. He will try to give more money by taking advantage of poverty.
