Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, while describing Udan Pakistan as a comprehensive and balanced program of national development, has said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the goals set will be achieved and the day is not far when Pakistan will stand in the ranks of global economies.
While addressing the inauguration ceremony of the national economic plan “Udan Pakistan” in Islamabad, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that in 2013, the PML-N government gave a program of three As and brought the country out of darkness, in 2022, the PDM government under the leadership of Shehbaz Sharif saved the country from bankruptcy.
He said that now under the leadership of the Prime Minister, successes will be achieved under the national economic plan Udan Pakistan and the country will stand in the ranks of global economies.
He said that Udan Pakistan is a plan to implement the 5-year national economic plan, which has been approved by the provinces and the federal government in the National Economic Council headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that in 2013, the country was being called unstable on a macroeconomic basis at the global level and it was predicted that Pakistan would go bankrupt in 6 to 7 months, but these predictions proved wrong and the country moved forward with its own capabilities.
He said that today again the people have given the PML-N a chance and under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, we are presenting the Five-A program. In the past, the PML-N government dealt with crises like the Three-A energy crisis, economic downturn and terrorism.
He said that under the leadership of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan achieved success. Even then, it was predicted that Pakistan would not come out of this situation for 10 to 12 years, but by the grace of Allah Almighty, Pakistan completed the goals of the three Es and delivered to the people.
The Foreign Minister said that all the indicators of the economy are in surplus, today we are setting a target of 6 percent again, Pakistan’s inflation rate is at 4 percent, food inflation is 2 percent and the fifth best in the world and the best stock market in South Asia.
He said that foreign exchange reserves are at a high level and the country is moving forward with a stable economy.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that the growth of 2017 has not been maintained, in which we were supposed to join the G20 club in 2030, but unfortunately, in the next 4 years, our economy became the 47th global economy.
He said that Pakistan does not have a shortage of resources, but economic development goals can be achieved through political stability. If Pakistan has to move forward, we have to bring political stability.
Ishaq Dar said that I believe that Pakistan will also achieve these goals that have been set under the leadership of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. This journey will also be completed and we will soon see Pakistan in the ranks of those nations where it should be.
