LONDON, Dec 17 (INP): Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that astute countrymen have rejected the people who put the stability and development of country on stake for their vested interests. Talking to a delegation of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) in London on Sunday, Shehbaz Sharif said his party government has successfully stirred country out of the darkness and engraved new history with hard-work by wiping out dimness of two decades. Nation will always remember this historical accomplishment of PML-N to end power crisis and their efforts to complete energy projects will be written in golden letters in history. He said that besides energy projects all other development projects have been expedited to the completion which has eliminated darkness from our country. Our government has set-up many power plants from its own resources while China being a great friend has also cooperated a great deal in this regard. The CPEC is a great project of development and prosperity of Pakistan which is a game changer and after completion, this will not only change the destiny of Pakistan but the whole region, he claimed. The Chief Minister said that development projects are being completed swiftly under CPEC and it has opened the doors of foreign investment in Pakistan also Chinese investment of billions of rupees in Pakistan has created various opportunities of employment for the people of Pakistan. Shehbaz Sharif said that energy projects are being moved forward rapidly under CPEC with an investment of 36 billion dollars. With this unprecedented investment of China, projects to get electricity through coal, solar, hydel other sources have been initiated which after completion are providing much-needed electricity to Pakistan and illuminating every corner of it by eradicating the energy crisis. He further said that when PML-N came into power, energy crises had become very intriguing in country as poverty, unemployment and energy crises were the gift of the corruption of former corrupt rulers who filled their pockets by mugging national resources ruthlessly but did not pay any attention to end up electricity shortage. Rather than plundering national assets if the former rulers had paid any heed towards energy crises perhaps the country would not be left in darkness, he bewailed. The Chief Minister said that at one hand we are confronting these former corrupt rulers who have been marauding state wealth whereas on the other hand are those who are indulged in negative politics. The nation will never forgive the people who are pushing the country into darkness by hindering voyage of progress. He said that people of Pakistan want solutions to their problems and prosperity of the country and same is the agenda of the government of PML (N). The defeated elements who are pampered with negative politics have tried to halt the journey of development through their sit-in which was a bare enmity with the nation for personal interest as these sit-ins have caused undue delay in energy projects, he added. Shehbaz Sharif said people have rejected the sit-in trend which is a proof that they don’t want chaos in the country but only development and prosperity. He said these elements have no concern with the difficulties of common people as they have preferred their personal interest over national interest. INP/SB/AK