What track record does PMLN have in regards to economic development?
30 years of political experience and all they have to show for it is some clown Ishaq Dar begging to every nation on earth for money.
Khuda da Khof kar yar
I do not support PML-N in regards to their political policies namely the structure of leadership and other mismanagements within the party but credit must be given where it's due. In the history of Pakistan there was no party and even today no party out there which has developed country's basic infrastructure or has the policies to take the country towards development. There is a reason Punjab is more developed compared to Sind, KP and Balochistan and managing a province which houses one of the world's biggest population of the world is not an easy task.
There is a massive list of projects in Punjab which will require another thread so lets leave at that.
Now let's come to federal government. People say they have been around forever in the federal government but that is simply not true.
In reality it was 10 years of which Nawaz Sharif served for 8 years (1992-1994), (1997-1999), (2013-2017).
Here is what was accomplished by
NS lead federal government:
Between 1992-1994:
Karachi's airport was constructed making it single largest airport in the country. Until 2013 no party maintained it. When N came back to power it was renovated. Likewise, Lahore airport was planned to be bigger but when Q league came they reduced the size and allowed defence housing societies and askaris to be built around.
Between 1997-1999:
Despite turbulent times wherein nuclear tests were conducted and international sanctions were looming and the Kargil conflict was ongoing, and the country in the midst of military takeover, infrastructure projects like Islamabad-Lahore Motorway was constructed. It is a role model motorway making way for other motorway projects in the country to be of that standard.
Between 2013-2017:
In 2013 the country faced a power deficit of 5,500 MW and its industrial and urban sectors were facing 12 hours load shedding, while the rural areas faced 14 hours power outage leading to low industrial output, higher unemployment and loss of economic growth. By 2018, 11,000 MW electricity was added on national grid upon completion of coal, wind, solar, hydel projects
1,800+ Km of Motorway and Highway network was built to connect northern and southern provinces and a fiber optic cable with a length of 820 km between China and Pakistan was built.
Gwadar finally became a functional port and development occurred at an alarming pace.
On Dec 31st, 2015, PM NS became the first PM to launch the country's first National Health Program initially starting with 15 district with a budget of Rs. 9 billion (p.s IK basically took this project and labelled it as his own with another name)
Influenced by N-league's initiatives in Punjab, the federal gov of N league constructed Metro bus projects in Pindi-Islamabad and Karachi. PTI which criticized these public welfare projects itself followed Punjab's model of making one in Peshawar.
Never in the history of this country and in such a short span of time the country received so much FDI and created millions of direct and indirect jobs and It's a major feat to accomplish all that despite simultaneously initiating a military operation against TTP, BLA & MQM. and withstanding Imran Khan's 126 days of Dharna in Islamabad and countless others throughout the country.
