Minister of State for Communications Murad Saeed has said that they have successfully implemented 100 days’ plan in Communications and allied departments of the ministry and achieved targets before the stipulated time period according to the vision of PM. He said they saved an amount of Rs. 3721.72 million due to better governance, saving measures and audit. While addressing a press conference in NHA Headquarter, he vowed that ministry of communications and its employees will continue this journey of success with their dedication and hard work.
He applauded the progress of ministry of communications and its allied departments in pursuing the 100-day agenda of Prime Minister. He told that they gained 1412.48 million rupees in revenue generation due to good governance, 1596 million from campaign against encroachment, 208.85 million from auction of government vehicles, 36.11 million from reduction in expenditures and 468.29 million in respect of audit. He further added that establishment of monitoring and elevation cell, mechanism of internal audit, improvement of toll plazas & public facilities in service areas, inauguration of national road safety strategy and road safety education are a few steps included in our good governance initiatives.
He told that E-Tendering, E-Bidding and E-billing has been introduced to make transparency possible and special audit of plans from auditor general of Pakistan as well as inquiry of land acquiring of national highway foundation are a few step taken toward transparency. He claimed of having planted 187,000 saplings throughout Pakistan during green Pakistan campaign initiated by prime minister of Pakistan. State minister told that NHA has well-equipped its rest house situated in Naran and converted it into tourist resort. He apprised that government has taken effective steps to make progress of NHA better. Provision of informative assistance to passengers, inauguration of help application, up-gradation of help line 130, and one window operation regarding driving license authority are few steps pertinent to be mentioned, he added.