NHA urged to strive for timely execution of ongoing projects
By Adnan Rafique

ISLAMABAD—Minister for Communications Barrister Professor Habib-ur-Rehman on Thursday urged the National Highway Authority (NHA) to strivehard to accomplish timely and quality execution of ongoing communications projects as they are directly related with the economic stability of the country.
This he said while presiding over a high level meeting of the National Highway Council here Wednesday in which matters relating to developmental plans of National Highway Authority (NHA), its performance and administrative and financial affairs were taken into account in detail. He emphasized that the pace of progress achieved under the visionary leadership of the President must be maintained to find a respectable place for our country in the comity of nations.
In his opening remarks Barrister Professor Habib-ur-Rehman expressed the resolve of the caretaker government to hold free and fair elections under dynamic leadership of President Pervez Musharraf and caretaker Prime Minister Muhammedmian Soomro. He said that interest of the country comes first and foremost. The council encouraged undertaking of the up gradation of Karachi-Hyderabad Super Highway as Motorway(M-9) project through innovative financial modes. The Council expressed satisfaction on expanding scope of NHA and a need for capacity building of the institution to meet challenges of its enhanced portfolio.
The Council in this regard also accorded approval to Phase-1 of the capacity building measures of NHA. The Council endorse that the futuristic financial plan of NHA should be pragmatic and based on the principle of self- sustainability. The Council suggested that economically and commercially viable projects may be dealt by the Authority through its own resource generation mechanism in addition to accomplishing Govt. mandated projects.