Four mega projects ready for Pindi

Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says work on Mother-Child Hospital is rapidly going on and all the funds have been released

RAWALPINDI: Minister for Railway Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has decided to hold week long celebration for the occasion of Independence Day from August 13-19, amidst the initiation of four mega projects in Rawalpindi.  Talking to The Express Tribune, the minister said that work on Mother-Child Hospital is rapidly going on and all the funds have been released. The prime minister will put the foundation stone of the 23 kilometer Leh Expressway in July at a public meeting in Liaquat Bagh. One university has been established in Rawalpindi, while plans for the second are in process. While, Awami Muslim League has decided to carry out week-long celebrations for the mega project of water supply from Ghazi Brotha to Rawalpindi city Cantt. Under the week-long celebration, the Independence Day ceremony will be held at Lal Haveli on the night of August 13 where there will be fireworks at midnight.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 22^nd, 2019.