PM Pledges To Uplift National Economy Without Begging
Umer Jamshaid Published August 20, 2018 | 03:21 AM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Aug, 2018 ) :Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday pledged to uplift the national economy, without begging to develop a great and dignified nation.
Addressing the nation, he categorically stated that loans were not a solution to run a country. It was disgraceful for a nation as well as the leader to beg money from other countries as the lenders compromised the sovereignty of the country.
Giving details of foreign loans, the prime minister said Pakistan today owed a huge debt of Rs 28,000 billion as against Rs 6,000 billion ten years back. The country's debt reached from Rs 6,000 billion in 2008 to Rs 13,000 billion and Rs 28,000 billion, respectively, in 2013 and 2018.
He vowed to tell the nation why this huge amount of loans was taken during the last ten years and how it was spent. "Today, we are in a situation, when we have to borrow even for debt-servicing."The prime minister said the PPP during its first year of government took loans worth $ 2 billion. Now the country required $ 2 billion a month for debt-servicing as the foreign debt had reached US $ 95 billion in 2018 from US $ 60 billion in 2013, causing depreciation of rupee against Dollar.
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