SIALKOT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government will extend full facilitation to the business community for industrialization and enhancement of exports.
Addressing a gathering of the business community after the inauguration of Air Sial airlines in Sialkot. the prime minister assured that hurdles in the way of promotion of businesses will be removed and special steps are being taken to encourage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
The prime minister said industrialisation and increase in exports will lead to wealth creation and enhancement of foreign exchange reserves. He expressed confidence that Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat will become a key region of exports in the country. He congratulated the business community of Sialkot for building an airport and launching an airline with their own resources.
The prime minister said that the use of masks can prevent coronavirus. During the first wave of coronavirus, he said the business and public were taken care and Pakistan is one of the few countries that better handled the pandemic.
“The opposition criticised me for not doing a complete lockdown. Today, the same opposition is holding a rally during the second wave of coronavirus,” the prime minister said, adding that the coronavirus was spreading rapidly in the United States.
He said now in the second wave, people again need to follow the SOPs so that the pandemic could be overcome. He regretted that the opposition that had been criticizing the government for not observing complete lockdown is not holding public gatherings.
He said that a country cannot develop where one class is rich and the rest are poor. “China has lifted 700 million people out of poverty and now wants to uplift its western side through CPEC,” the premier added.
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He said that we need to increase our exports and create jobs for the youth population. “China is growing the most by increasing industrial development and exports,” he further said.
Referring to China’s model of inclusive development, Imran Khan said the biggest objective of his government is to uplift the living standard of the poor and bring backward areas at par with other parts of the country.
He said special focus is being laid on the less developed regions such as Balochistan, merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.
