ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has awarded appreciation letters and mementoes to members of the armed forces, district administration and local people for successful rescuing the people trapped in a cable car in Battagaram area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A ceremony to this effect was held in Islamabad on Thursday.
Officers and officials of Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Special Services Group, district administration and local people were among those, who received the appreciation letters. Besides, the people, rescued in the incident, were also given mementoes.
Addressing the ceremony, Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar appreciated the armed forces, district administration and locals who were involved in planning and executing this rescue effort.
He said every Pakistani felt the pain and agony of those who were trapped in the chairlift.
The Prime Minister said the rescued children have told me that when they saw Pak army soldiers they felt relieved that they will be saved now. He said this is the strength of the bond between state and its citizens.
He said the entire nation is indebted to the sacrifices of our armed forces who have never left any stone unturned for the cause of the country.
Meanwhile, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Thursday held a meeting with Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar-ul-Haq.
The AJK prime minister congratulated him on assuming the office of caretaker prime minister and expressed his best wishes for him.
The caretaker prime minister assured the AJK prime minister of unconditional support of Pakistan to Kashmir.
He said Pakistan stood shoulder-to-shoulder with people of Kashmir in their struggle for right to self-determination.
The PM said Pakistan would continue the diplomatic, political and moral support of Kashmiris till the Kashmir issue was resolved according to the United Nations Security Council Resolutions and as per wishes of the people of Kashmir
through a plebiscite.
Moreover, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday constituted the Cabinet Committee for Energy.
Federal Minister for Power and Petroleum Muhammad Ali has been appointed chairman of the cabinet’s energy committee.
Federal ministers for finance, revenue, economic affairs, privatization, planning, communications, railways, maritime affairs, law, climate change and water resources will be members of the energy committee.
Caretaker PM has decided not to keep the chairman’s office of the energy committee with him and entrusted it to the energy minister.
Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif was holding office of the chairman energy committee in the capacity of the prime minister.
