Key govt ally says CPEC to benefit more areas

Dera Ismail Khan: Key government ally Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that more areas of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will benefit from the gigantic China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who heads the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazal),vowed that the development process would be resumed in southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif to Dera Ismail Khan.

In a special meeting of JUI-F District ‘Majlis-e-Amla (executive council)’held here to discuss various aspects of the expected visit of the prime minister to Dera Ismail Khan, the cleric highlighted the importance of CPEC for the country.

The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for Communications Mufti Asad Mahmood, Senior Deputy Amir JUI-F Maulana Obaidur Rehman, Engineer Ziaur Rehman and the Party’s Tehsil Nazims and Ameers.

Fazl said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will announce mega projects for Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Lakki Marwat districts and Yarik to Saggu CPEC project.

He opined that after the visit of the prime minister, the process of development and prosperity in these districts would be resumed which was stopped for the last nine years.

The mega projects announced by the premier would be remedy of the deprivations among the people of these areas, he added.

The JUI-F chief also hinted that the JUI-F would hold a big public gathering in Dera soon and demonstrate a power show.