Despite Harsh Challenges, Pakistan making progress

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that despite of harsh challenges Pakistan is moving towards progress and first year in power has remained remarkable.

Imran Khan addressed the prominent business personalities at Pakistan Breakfast Meet in Davos today.

He said his vision is to turn Pakistan into a welfare state and ensure inclusive development as envisioned by the founding fathers.

Imran Khan said Pakistan put on the right economic track and expressed the confidence that good times ahead for the country.

Imran Khan said present government spending money to revive industries by encouraging and giving them incentives.

We want to promote industrialization as it will create wealth which will help spend money on the poor segments of the society.

Prime Minister informed the audience that we have launched the country’s largest and most comprehensive poverty alleviation program Ehsaas.

For which 190 billion rupees allocated.

However Prime Minister said despite of harsh challenges, his first year in power has remained remarkable.

Imran Khan said we have reduced the current account deficit by seventy five percent which is a great achievement.

This success is now reflected in rupee stabilization, rising stock market and foreign investment.

Moreover He said the process of reforms started.

He said the reforms process painful and takes time to bring change but said we will stick to it which requires courage, political will and withstand criticism.

Furthermore Imran Khan noted that the country has the potential to excel given its vast natural resources including those at Reko Dik and the dynamic human resource.

He said overseas Pakistanis are our greatest asset and we are trying to create environment for them to come back.