PM urges foreigners to invest in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday admitted the country was undergoing difficult situation, but asserted that “its future is bright”.

Addressing a gathering after inaugurating rail tracking system and Thal Express train, PM Khan said his government would continue waging a crusade against corruption.

Khan stated that gas companies were at the brink of closure had the government not raised gas prices.

“We’ve witnessed wastage of money [at government level], hence we first need to curtail our own expenses,” he underlined.

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The prime minister said even the banks refused to grant loans to gas sector. “Annual gas theft of around Rs 50 billion has been detected, which is alarming,” informed Khan.

He said he had curtailed expenses of the Prime Minister House by 30 percent. An auditor has also been employed at the PM House tasked with suggesting measures to further reduce expenditure, he added.

In the last 10 years, people had no fear of law. “NRO 1 and NRO 2 had eradicated fears of being caught for corruption”, said the PM.

Talking about increase in Hajj expenses, PM Khan said his government would have offered free Hajj facility had there been no huge pending loans.

“We want cooperation from China in every sector under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”, he added. He was of the view that commuting by trains was least expensive everywhere in the world. “And we are also taking measures to making life easy for the poor.”

Khan said under Railways Main Line-1 (ML1) project, people would be able to travel from Peshawar to Karachi in eight hours.

The life of a common man should be easy in Naya Pakistan, he stated.

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