ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed his spokespersons to highlight the government’s economic achievements.
While chairing a meeting of his spokespersons today, the premier said the government had set the country’s otherwise weak economy on the right path and that, this year, the government will focus on improving its performance and delivery.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, that brought a global slowdown in economic activity in 2020, there was “great news on the economy” and a “remarkable turnaround”, the premier said.
Pakistan achieved a current account surplus of $447 million for the month of November, added the prime minister. He further said that there was a surplus of $1.6 billion for the fiscal year so far versus a deficit of $1.7 billion during the same period last year.
PM Imran stressed that no society could progress without accountability, asserting that the process of accountability will continue.
The past governments continued to loot the national treasury, whereas the current government was progressing in developing the country, the prime minister added. He further maintained that the opposition will be fully responded to in the upcoming Senate elections.
Talking about the opposition holding rallies in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, the premier said that the PDM tried to play with the lives of the people. He stated that the opposition’s entire movement was to win a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO); “which I will not give,” he asserted.
Calling the tenure of previous regimes as ‘dark ages under corrupt rulers’, the prime minister shared that the Anti Corruption in Punjab recovered Rs.206 billion in 27 months in comparison to only Rs.3 billion in the past 10 yrs under corrupt rulers. “These are clear indications of accountability working when institutions are independent,” he maintained.
