NA Speaker wants extension of CPEC to Afghanistan to generate prosperity in the region

PESHAWAR: Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that they want the extension of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan to generate not only job opportunity in our neighbouring country but also help abolished terrorism.

He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Government Primary School at Union Council Batakara, district Swabi and Pehur Hamlet Road on Sunday.

The Speaker National Assembly said that the PTI government has begun a new phase of relations with Afghanistan in which Rashakai Economic Zone will play crucial role. He said that Pakistan wants peace in Afghanistan as peace in Pakistan is also linked with our neighbouring country.

Asad Qaiser said that through trade with Afghanistan, Pakistan can get access to Central Asian market that is linked with peace in Afghanistan. Without naming Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman, the Speaker National Assembly said that those who are criticizing government in the name of religion, has no concern with Islam rather they are concerned of their own position.

He said that there is no threat to Islam, but these self-proclaimed leaders under compulsion for their own positions are using such tactics. He said that till he is also no one can amendment anything about religion as they the soldiers of Islam.

Asad Qaiser said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has presented the realistic idea of the Riyasat-e-Madina in Pakistan and under that vision the Seerat of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) has been included in the curriculum of Class-V to Class-IX.

He said that the period of incumbent government, all such steps have been taken that have no precedent even during the recent past reigns of the so-called religious political parties. He said that either it was the prohibition of mark-up or the installation of solar system in mosques all such steps were taken during the PTI government. He said that the PTI government is first in the history of the country that is taking steps for the uplift of the downtrodden classes of society.

Furthermore, he said that Imran Khan is the only leader in the history of Pakistan that has raised voice against the blasphemy of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on the floor of the United Nations and said that the spirit of Muslims should not hurt in the name of the freedom of expression.