‘Delay increased project cost’

If project had not been delayed by Shehbaz Sharif, it would have been completed in 2010, says Chaudhry Pervez Elahi

LAHORE: Delay in construction of the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway has increased the cost of the project manifold.



If the project had not been delayed by Shehbaz Sharif, it would have been completed in 2010. This was said by Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) senior leader Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Thursday.

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He said restoration of Sialkot-Lahore Motorway project proved that PML-Q’s decision of initiating the mega project was the right move. Pervez Elahi maintained, “Our government started the motorway project in 2006 at a cost of Rs23 billion. If Shehbaz Sharif had not created hurdles, it would have been completed on time without incurring huge loss to the national exchequer.”

 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2017.