Pakistan needs 'Economic Long March' to achieve prosperity: Ahsan Iqbal
Pakistan
He urged opposition parties to play a positive role in Parliament
ISLAMABAD (APP) – Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has said that the country needed an ‘Economic Long March’ to move on a consistent path of development and prosperity.
He urged opposition parties to play a positive role in Parliament so that the country could move forward to achieve the goal of economic stability effectively.
He criticized a political party for making failed attempts to dent the country’s talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), terming it ‘Economic Terrorism.’
Ahsan Iqbal was of the view that the financial matters of the country could not be sustained on loans permanently and stressed the need to increase production capacity, suggesting imposing an export emergency in the country.
Last year, the Ministry of Planning set up a 5-Es framework consisting of Export, Energy, Equity, E-Pakistan and Environment, under which a comprehensive plan had been prepared for the implementation of the framework and suggestions from all the ministries in this regard to be sought.
Replying to a question, the federal minister said all chambers of commerce would have to play their due role so that more efficiency could be achieved in agriculture, information technology and other sectors with value addition of the products.
Citing the examples of developing countries like Korea and Japan, Ahsan Iqbal said these countries had progressed by increasing their production capacity.
He vowed to lead the country towards development during the next five years under the dynamic leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
