Current Affairs of Pakistan

An overall picture of the current affairs of Pakistan:

Completion of five year tenure by the PML(N) government is in the largest interest of Pakistan

Pakistan has started its journey towards development since June 2013

There were some irregularities in the general elections 2013, but the elections were the least rigged and

the most authentic elections in the history of Pakistan

China and Saudi Arabia are very special friends of Pakistan. These two countries have always helped

Pakistan. On acting on the famous proverb, "A friend in need is a friend indeed", Pakistan must

assures all possible support to Saudi Arabia.

Almost all the parties have given mandate to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan

and to maintain much better law and order situation in Pakistan. So, it is the responsibility of Prime Minister to

use his mandate.

From the last decade Pakistan is passing through a grave crisis. But, the main four problems are:1. Worst Law and Order situation in Pakistan2. Supremacy of the Constitution3. Stable democratic government4. Energy problem

The new democratic government lead by Nawaz Sharif who sworn in on 5 June 2013 is trying to tackle these

problems.

Law and Order situation in Pakistan

The new Pakistani government after assuming the power started dialogue with militants in Waziristan open

mindedly, and the law and order situation became better for a few months, but, unfortunately, the dialogues

didn't work and the militants started attacking Pakistan. Then, after the attack on Karachi airport, Pakistan

launched full scale military operation against militants in north Waziristan. In Balochistan, PMLN government

allow Baloch nationalists to form government with PMLN support. The idea worked and the law and order

situation in Balochistan is better than the last decade. The new government also launched a targeted operation

in Karachi, which is also producing favourable results.

On overall basis, the PMLN government lead by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is successful in maintaining

better law and order situation than the last decade in its first year. An estimate of the betterment is 30% on

overall basis.

Supremacy of the Constitution

Former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the historic figure in the history of Pakistan was successful

in maintaining the supremacy of the constitution of Pakistan. The former chief justice is credited with the

independence of judiciary. But, very unfortunately, few people, for their own interest, are maligning the courts

and former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Pakistan government and law enforcement agencies

must obey all the rulings of the courts and make Pakistan stable and stronger.

Stable democratic government

First time in the history of Pakistan a democratic government lead by Asif Ali Zardari, completed its tenure of

five years. The opposition at that time (PMLN) also supported the PPP government to complete its tenure. But,

unfortunately, the PPP government did not produce favourable results and could not addressed the problems.

Besides, the government was charged with corruption and incompetency.

The new Pakistani government lead by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is successful in addressing not all, but

many issues and there is no corruption charges on the government at present. Pakistan Railways which was

on the brink of disaster is now stable and making progress; similarly the PIA. Drone attacks which has been

violating the sovereignty of Pakistan has now ended.

At the time when democratic government is producing very favourable results and trying to solve the main

issues of Pakistan, few people and parties are on ground to derail democracy and destabilise Pakistan.

Energy problem

Energy problem or power shortage has been a major problem since the last decade. At the time when Nawaz

Sharif government was formed there was a shortage of 7000MW. But, the government realised the importance

of this issue and launched power generation projects 0f 20,000MW. The Nawaz Sharif government is

successful in addressing this issue and there is betterment of 30% in this regard in the first year, and the

average load shedding comes down from 16 hours to 10 hours.

Pakistan on the path towards progress!GSP Plus status

The European Parliament on 11 December 2013 granted GSP Plus status to Pakistan till 2017 which has

allowed Pakistan to export products without duties to 28 European States.

Green Line Metro Bus Service in Karachi

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 10 July 2014 announced to launch green line metro bus service for Karachi for

which the federal government would provide Rs15 billion.

Water supply project for Karachi

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 10 July 2014 approved Rs12bn for the greater water supply project, K-4, which

is almost 50% of its total cost.

Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Service

With a budget of Rs. 24 billion shared by the federal and Punjab governments, the Rawalpindi-Islamabad

Metrobus Service will connect main areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad is under construction.

Metro Bus Service in Multan

Chief Minister Punjab announced the inauguration of Multan Metro Bus Service in August 2014.

Drone Attacks

Drone Attacks which were started in 2004 and were continuously violating the sovereignty of Pakistan, and

were on regular basis for the last nine years, has almost been ended.

Karachi-Lahore Motorway

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to China in July 2013 announced Karachi-Lahore Motorway which

will be constructed by China and will be completed by 2018. The Karachi-Lahore motorway will link Islamabad

to Gwadar Port.

Gwadar-Kashghar Motorway

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to China in July 2013 also announced Gwadar-Kashghar Motorway

which will be constructed by China. The motor way will connect the China's city of Kashghar to the Pakistan

capital Islamabad. And it will be connected to the Karachi and Gwadar through Karachi-Lahore Motorway.

Gwadar-Kashgar Economic Corridor

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also said Pakistan would establish industrial parks and economic zones along the

proposed Kashghar-Gwadar Motorway.

Pakistan's Relations with Russia

Russia will sell the latest MI-35 Helicopters, the two-engine attack

helicopters, to Pakistan to combat terrorism and build military strength.

Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Dedov on 10 June 2014 said,

"There is ongoing cooperation with Pakistan in the field of defence, counter-

terrorism and security".

Power Generation and Crises!Nandipur Power Project

In 2008 Pakistan signed $329 million contract with Chinese company to construct the Nandipur Power Project.

But, in 2010 the machinery for the project stuck at the Karachi Port. In 2012 the company terminated the

contract and demanded $40 million compensation. In June 2013, the new government renegotiated the

contract to resume work. And the cost for the project rose from $329 million to $574 million due to four year

delay and machinery depreciation and damages. The project will generate 425 MW of electricity and the

expected completion date is December 2014. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the first turbine of the

project on 31 May 2014. 

Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Plant

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who sworn in on 5 June 2013 visited the site of the Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower

Plant project on 19 June 2013 and directed WAPDA to complete the project by 2015. Neelum-Jhelum

Hydropower Plant was to begin in 2002 and to complete in 2008. But, the Construction on the project began in

2008 and the expected completion date is December 2016. Due to this delay Pakistan suffered loss of billions

of rupees. 

Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park, Bahawalpur

The government of Punjab has planned world's largest solar power plant in Bahawalpur. The solar plant will

start generating 100MW of electricity by December 2014 and 1000 MW by 2016. And if completed, will become

the world's largest solar power plant.

Important Persons in Pakistan

Nawaz Sharif

The Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Mamnoon Hussain

The president of Pakistan.

Nasir-ul-Mulk

The chief justice of Pakistan.

General Raheel Sharif

The army chief of Pakistan.

Genearl Rizwan Akhtar

The ISI chief.

Syed Khursheed Shah

The opposition leader in Pakistan.

Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed

The interior minister of Pakistan.

Khawaja Asif

The Federal Minister for Water and Power, and the Defence minister of Pakistan.

Ishaq Dar

The finance minister of Pakistan.

Khawaja Saad Rafiq

The minister of Railways in Pakistan.

Ahsan Iqbal

The minister for Planning, Development and Reform.

Pervaiz Rashid

The information minister of Pakistan.

Shahbaz Sharif

The chief minister of Punjab.

Qaim Ali Shah

The chief minister of Sindh.

Pervaiz Khattak

The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Dr Abdul Malik

The chief minister of Balochistan.

Rafique Rajwana

The governor of Punjab.

Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad

The governor of Sindh.

Sardar Mehtab Abbasi

The governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

M. Khan Achakzai

The governor of Balochistan