Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, National Heritage and Culture Attaullah Tarar on Friday said the national economy had not only been stabilisedbut now it was on the path of growth despite Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf tactics to create disorder and chaos.
Addressing a press conference, he said economic stability and growth had now started to benefit common man. He said the price of wheat and flour and petroleum products had markedly decreased in addition to reduced electricity tariff.
Currently, all economic indicators were positive and foreign exchangereserves had crossed $ 11billion mark, besides enhanced foreignremittances, he added.
He said that the Prime Minister was working day and night to improvise theeconomy and milestones achieved on the economic front werethe outcome of his efforts.
He said a United Arab Emirates delegation would be visitingPakistan to discuss prospects for investment.
He said due to the efforts of the Prime Minister, Saudi Arabia, UAEand Qatar were investing in Pakistan whereas Azerbaijan had also announced 2 billion dollars investment in Pakistan.
“The Prime Minister will leave for Saudi Arabia on November 10 toparticipate in the Riyadh Summit on the issue of Palestine. A detaileddiscussion will be held on the situation in the Middle East at theRiyadh Summit”, he said.
He said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had always raised the issue of Palestine and ongoing Gaza genocide at every forum including World Economic Forum and United Nations General Assembly.
Tarar said that the Prime Minister’s speech at the United NationsGeneral Assembly was the most watched speech worldwide as he hadrepresented the sentiments of entire Muslim Ummah.
He disclosed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will also participatein the meeting of COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Lashing out at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on its announcement to marchtowards Islamabad again, he said that Tehreek-e-Inteshar was still stickingto its policy of creating chaos and disorder in the country.
He said that the PTI was hell bent on disrupting the peace and tranquility in thecountry by organizing protests, just to seek concessions for its jailedleader and added they would get no NRO.
He wondered why the PTI was organising a public rally in Swabi as itspast rallies in Lahore and Islamabad had proved to be fiasco and theyhad to cancel it altogether in Quetta.—APP
