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transition to complete democracy and warned those trying to create obstacles in the process."Unfortunately, some people are trying to create obstacles in this transition," President Musharraf said while inaugurating the 154 kilometre six-lane M-1 Motorway linking Islamabad with Peshawar.
The president said only a few months were left in completion of the third phase in transition towards democracy. "We will not let anyone create any obstacle in transition towards democracy," the president said.
He mentioned that in the first phase from 1999 to 2002, he was managing the affairs of the state while in the second five-year phase from 2002-2007, the parliament was fully functional and his role was confined to giving advice to the government.
President Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan was progressing rapidly in all areas of health, education and communications. He cited the example of national revenues that had swelled from Rs306 billion during 1988-99 to around a trillion, while the PSDP also grew from Rs80 billion to Rs520 billion during the same period.
He said with more projects in the pipeline, there were increased employment opportunities and lesser poverty. The president acknowledged that the increase in prices of everyday items was a heavy burden on the common man adding more effort was needed to check it. Pervez Musharraf termed the M-I project an important link in the northsouth corridor that was also creating a linkage between different provinces.
He recalled that the M-I was conceived in early '90s but due to lack of resources and sincerity the process was delayed. The government, he said, has a comprehensive plan to expand the country's road network and mentioned various new roads that were being planned or were under execution.
The president mentioned the 950 km long Gwadar to Iran road that will link up the Indus Highway, the RCD Highway, linkages to Afghanistan, China, Iran and Central Asia. He said road links between Chitral-Gilgit, Kaghan-Gilgit and Gilgit-Skardu were planned to increase trade and tourist traffic, besides improving communication between various regions.
Musharraf also directed enhancing the pace of work on the Chach and Col Sher Khan (Nishan-e-Haider) interchanges. He said there was also a need to initiate work on the Rawalpindi Bypass from Tarnol to Rawat to ease load of heavy traffic from the city.
He also agreed with the demand for initiating dualisation work on the Hassanabdal-Mansehra road and said it needs to be extended up to the Karakoram Highway for which there are also plans for expansion. The president earlier unveiled the plaque of the M-I section of the motorway near Swabi along the river Indus, bordering Punjab and NWFP.
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