Multiple countries made progress with our level’s corruption: Ahsan Iqbal

Multiple countries made progress with our level’s corruption: Ahsan Iqbal

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June 21, 2022

Multiple countries made progress with our level’s corruption: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: In a veiled support for embezzlement, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has purportedly said he could tell names of the countries which had progressed with corruption of our level.

“It is time for every Pakistani to be serious. We should provide our next generations such a path that they do not repeat blunders of the past,” Ahsan Iqbal said addressing a seminar organized under the Grand National Dialogue regarding improving Pakistan’s economic performance in Islamabad.

He said progress without political or economic continuity was impossible. The world waited for none, we had to rectify our mistakes and for development we would have to understand continuity of the policies, he maintained.

Giving reference of a country which made progress despite being allegedly marred with corruption, he said Bangladesh had more corruption than Pakistan, but it left our country behind. “No country in the world has made progress without continuity of the policies and with internal conflicts and battles,” he added.

The federal minister said the political leadership and other stakeholders would have to agree on a charter of economy to take the country towards sustainable development.

He said it appeared to be a difficult task but was not impossible. He said the political parties would have to rise above personal interests and keep the country’s interest supreme.

The minister for planning said that ‘Turn Around Pakistan Conference’ was being organised on June 28 as the government wanted to prepare a roadmap in cooperation with all the stakeholders to take the country towards revival. He said the young professionals held the key to Pakistan’s future.

Ahsan Iqbal said obstacles in the way of private sector, investors and the youth would have to be removed to exploit their full potential.

He stressed upon the need for continuity of policies and political stability in order to attract foreign direct investment and ensure institutional reforms.

Ahsan Iqbal said the government had to take the country towards export led growth to address the issues of deficits.

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