ISLAMABAD, May 28 (APP): Minister of State for Capital
Administration and Development Division (CADD) Tariq Fazal Chaudhry
Sunday said like nuclear power, credit would go to Prime Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for making Pakistan an economic power.
Addressing a function in connection with Youm-i-Takbeer here
Chatta Bahktawar, he said on this day in 1998 Pakistan achieved a
landmark success and conducted nuclear tests making the country
the first nuclear power of the Islamic world.
The minister felicitated the entire nation on Youm-i-Takbeer
and start of the holy month of Ramazan.
Pakistan though had been a victim of internal and external
challenges, including terrorism, but it was now heading to become
an Asian Tiger due to the PML-N government’s prudent policies.
Unfortunately, some ‘immature politicians’ were trying
to push the country backward as they were resoting to the
politics of protests and sit-ins, besides levelling baseless
allegations against their opponents, he added.
Tariq said all the international financial institutions
had termed Pakistan a successful country.
He paid tribute to all the patriot Pakistanis, who had
rendered scarifices and made the country’s defence invincible.
Similarly, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif deserved appreciation
for equipping Pakistan with nuclear capability, he added.
Later, special prayers were offered for the progress and
prosperity of the country, supremacy of the constitution,
and eradication of terrorism.