@Blinko
first have fun:
Few major achievements of PPP govt in 8 years rule (I'll only present development works there are many other significant but non-developmental achievements ignored):
I repeat my uncontested challenge again to you or anyone at this forum, to come up with any other government's performance comparable to PPP's in last 51 years of Non-PPP governments and tell me which other party has done most for the roti, kapra and makkan??
Achievements of PPP Government
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1972 – 1977
1. Pakistan's first hydro electric dam on the mighty Indus at Tarbela,
2. Made Pakistan self sufficient in fertilizer, sugar, and cement.
3. National Volunteer Development Programme 1973: to provide interim employment to the 20, 000 jobless scientists, engineers and technicians and also to arrest the brain drain.
4. People’s Works Program 72 - 75: To harness the country’s vast manpower resources in their spare time. This programme provided 450,000 residential plot units in the Punjab and Sind. Asphalted and unasphalted roads were also constructed.
5. Medical colleges in Karachi, Larkana, Quetta, Lyallpur and Rawalpindi are being established.
6. Agrovilles: Whereby many agro-based industries (mostly sugar mills) were established in different parts of Country.
7. Established Mehran University of ET.
8. Economic Reforms Order Nationalisation of Key Industries - January 3, 1972 -(http://bhutto.org/reforms.htm)
9. Announcement of Labour Policies - February 10, 1972
10. Workers would participate in Profits
11. Old Age Pensions and Group Insurance
12. Land Reforms - 1st March, 1973
13. Ceiling reduced from 500 Acres to 150 Acres of irrigated land and 1000 Acres to 300 Acres for semi-irrigated land. All lands in excess of 100 Acres allocated to Govt. Servants confiscated and redistributed.
14. The Law Reform Ordinance - giving effect to the recommendations of the Law Reforms Commission. - 14th April, 1972
15. Martial Law Lifted 21st April, 1972
16. Simla Agreement Signed
17. Pakistan to get back 5000 square miles of territory occupied in 1971 war. India and Pakistan to respect line of control in Kashmir without prejudice to Pakistan's claim. - 2nd July, 1972
18. National Book Foundation established - 24th September, 1972
19. Inaugurated Pakistan's first Nuclear Power Plant at Karachi. - 28th November, 1972
20. Establishment of NDFC - 5th February, 1973
21. Establishment of Quaid-E-Azam University - 9th February, 1973
22. Constitution of Pakistan passed unanimously - 12th April, 1973
23. Establishment of Port Qasim Authority - 27th June, 1973
24. Elected Prime Minister of Pakistan - 14th August, 1973
25. Identity Cards for Citizens - 28th July, 1973
26. Agreement for repatriation of 93,000 POWs - 28th August, 1973
27. Administrative Reforms Order - September, 1973
28. Laid Foundation Stone of Pakistan Steel Mill - 30th December, 1973
29. Nationalisation of Banks - 1st January, 1974
30. Establishment of Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan - 01 May 1974
31. Establishment of Allama Iqbal Open University - 21st May, 1974
32. Islamic Summit at Lahore - 22 February, 1975
33. Inaugurated Pakistan's First Seerat Conference - 3rd March, 1976
34. Kissinger warned Zulfikar Ali Bhutto that if Pakistan continued with its nuclear programme "the Prime Minister would have to pay a heavy price." - August, 1976
35. Bhutto proposed a Third World Summit - September, 1976
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1988 – 1990
1. Distributed 35000 acres of land among the landless peasants. Each farmer was given 12.5 acres of land. The landlords challenged the land reforms in Supreme Court and because of court intervention the hand reforms were temporarily halted.
2- One thousand small houses were built in Karachi and handed over to homeless at a price of 30,000 each payable in small easy instalments.
3- 40, 000 industrial workers previously sacked were reinstated.
4- Labour wages were increased twice.
5- Labours were awarded share in the income of their enterprise.
6- Decision was taken to build labour colonies in every industrial city.
7- Labours were given the right of pension after retirement.
8- Admission and bed fees forced upon during Zia’s regime were abolished.
9- For the very first time in the history of Pakistan, in the budget of 1989-90 the amount allocated for education was increased. The education budget was again increased in 1990-91.
10- Fifty thousand new teachers were employed.
11- 80, 000 new literacy centres were set up throughout the country.
12- Ten thousands young people were given loans of 50 thousands each to start their own businesses.
13- Women Bank was established. Women were given loan facility to start their own businesses.
14- Computer centres for women were started in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.
15- Electricity was supplied to 4 thousand Villages in twenty months, which is a record.
16- Electricity supplied to more than 12 lac houses.
17- Private sector was encouraged and 1 billion $ investment from private sector was arranged for electric generation.
18- Ghazi Brotha and Neelam Jhelum projects (1 thousand Mega Watts) were initiated.
19- To overcome the energy problem an agreement was signed with China for the supply of a 300 MW nuclear Power Plant.
20- Built a Satellite Station connecting Skardu, Gilgit and Gawadur with Islamabad.
21- Microwave channel was built to connect Karachi and Peshawar.
22- 600 new post offices were opened.
23- Port Qasim was extended.
24- Pakistan Steel Mills was extended and its productivity increased.
25- Employment of 5000 workers were secured by restarting Baluchistan Textile Mills.
26- Millat Tractors was extended and its productivity increased from 12000 tractors per year to 18000 tractors per year.
27- A new plant of Suzuki Cars was constructed.
28- The lines for 1,50,000 new telephone connections were placed.
29- 18 cities were connected via direct dialling system.
30- Work started to build a refinery.
31- Rupees 3.88 billion petrochemical project started.
32- An assembly plant of Toyota Hi Ace, Jeeps and Cars was started.
33- Loan facilities were extended for establishing small industrial units.
34- Press laws aimed at censorship lifted.
35- Journalists terminated from service during Martial Law regime were reinstated.
36- No objection certificate for journalists to travel abroad was abolished.
37- Employees of Radio and Television were reinstated.
38- Haj flights were initiated from Lahore and Islamabad.
39- People’s medical college nawabshah.
40- SZABIST (it is established from personal funds of Bhutto family).
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1993 – 1996
1- Built 21,000 primary schools.
2- Provided 700,000 new telephone connections.
3- Electricity to 18,000 villages.
4- Airport at Sehwan Sharif.
5- Airport at Gawadur.
6- Construction of Akra Dam providing safe drinking water to the coastal regions of Mehran.
7- Peace in Karachi. A near end to terrorism acknowledged by friends and foes alike.
8- Completion of the first private sector power plant, HUBCO.
9- Over 11,000 kilometers of gas transmission line completed to provide gas to 240 new towns and villages.
10- Laying of the optic fiber along with right bank of Indus.
11- Introduced cellular telephones, digital pager, satellite dish and FM Radio.
12- Countrywide Polio Vaccination Programme-Nearly 100 percent children under the age of five vaccinated against Polio in three years.
13- A large number of Computer Centres opened - Special centers for women.
14- Recruitment of 33,000 Lady Health Visitors to reduce infant mortality.
15- Electoral reforms bill adopted for the first time.
16- For the first time people of Northern Areas given the right to vote.
17- First time Women Police Stations set up, Women Bank opened and Women Judges appointed in superior judiciary.
18- Sixth Wage Board award announced for the newspaper workers. The award was also implemented in the APP.
19- State Bank of Pakistan made an autonomous organisation.
20- For the first time one billion dollars of debt retired.
21- Haj flights from Multan and Sukkur.
22- Tens of thousands of jobs provided to the educated but unemployed youth in government departments, banks, corporations and autonomous bodies.
23- Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering and Science Technology.
24- Cadet College Sanghar,
25- Chandka Medical University
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2008 – 2013??
1- Benazir Income Support Program: The government has started Benazir Income Support Program to help 4 million poor families throughout the country. http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55801&Itemid=2
2. Benazir Youth Program: Program to hire about 100,000 youth after getting free technical education from the government. http://www.sindh.gov.pk/BBSYDP.htm
3. Mega Housing Projects: About 10, 00000 houses will be built by this government and this project has already been started to accommodate low grade government officers and poor people of Pakistan. http://pk.chineseembassy.org/eng/zbgx/t514601.htm
4. Thar Coal Project.
5. Keti Bandar Project.
6. Multan-Faisalabad Motorway.
7. In Sindh 30,000 acre land distribution in poor women farmers.
8. 17,000 new employments.
9. 18,000 people were trained for various jobs.
Defense:
1. Missile Program
2. Two Frigates were handed over to Pakistan Navy.
3. Pakistan started indigenous aircraft production.
4. New sophisticated radar system started operation.
5. Acquired sixty F-16 Planes.
6. Agosta submarines for the Pakistan Navy.
7. Tanks for the Army.
8. Missile capability developed which was to be announced as the Golden Jubilee gift to the Nation on August 14, 1997.
Miscellaneous
1. Conference of the Heads of States of SAARC was held in Islamabad.
2. China announced to extend an interest free loan of 5 crore dollars.
3. Pakistan rejoined the Common Wealth.
4. Relations with India normalised and an agreement of no attack on nuclear installations was signed.
5. Russia approved 1 billion dollar for extension of Karachi Steel Mills.
6. A separate ministry was established for eradication of drug smuggling.
7. Big drug traffickers were arrested and put behind bars.
8. South Asian Games were successfully held.
9. For the first time the OIC summit at Casablanca adopted a unanimous resolution asking for a solution of Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolutions.
10. Adoption of Brown Amendment which partially released the military equipment and hardware stuck up in the US since long due to Pressler Law.
Posted 2 years ago on 20 Mar 2009 14:15
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