ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday announced ‘great news’ and said that Pakistan is heading in the right direction.
The prime minister took to Twitter and announced great news for the country and showed relief as the nation is headed in the right direction, according to him.
Great news for Pakistan. We are headed in right direction finally. Current Account was in surplus of $73 mn during Sept, bringing surplus for 1st qtr to $792 mn compared to deficit of $1,492 mn during same time last yr. Exports grew 29% & remittances grew 9% over previous month.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) October 21, 2020
“Great news for Pakistan. We are headed in the right direction finally. The current account was in surplus of $73 mn during Sept, bringing surplus for 1st qtr to $792 mn compared to a deficit of $1,492 mn during the same time last yr. Exports grew 29% & remittances grew 9% over the previous month,” the prime minister wrote.
According to him, the remittances grew by 9 percent over the previous month. Earlier this month, PM Imran Khan expressed optimism and said that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the good news is coming to the economy.
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He said remittances were up 31 percent from last September and more than 9 percent since August, the fourth month that remittances had exceeded 2.2 billion.
