LAHORE: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said on Sunday that the opposition parties’ criticism of the preference of government was baseless as Pakistan was now achieving successes on various counts and all its economic indicators were showing an upward trend.
He was addressing a news conference here at PID office while MPA Musarrat Jamshed Cheema and PTI Central Deputy Secretary Information Punjab Asim Shaukat Ali also accompanied him. He said that the PMLN leadership was on the silent mode even in June the days of budget in which the opposition was supposed to give tough time to the treasury benches but the opposition had no point to object to the government that was very much serious for country’s development and uplifting the poor segments of society and taking corrective and effective measures to remove all weaknesses in the system for better public service delivery.
Gill added that the parties blaming the PTI for having no skills to run affairs of the state had bankrupted the country through their loot and plunder of national exchequer and resources during their tenures in government. He recalled that in 2013 the PMLN had inherited $20,000 current account deficit (CAD) and $25,000 export revenue but at the end of its government term in 2018 the country’s CAD had increased manifold and export revenues decreased to the lowest level.
Furthermore the PMLN claiming of having best abilities to run the government had squeezed the country’s foreign exchange reserves from $18 billion to $9 billion just because of its ill-conceived and personal interest-centric economic policies.
The dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan had a clear vision and better knowledge of when and where to launch which project in which sector for an overall boost to economy. Since agriculture and livestock farming were lifeline of rural economy the prime minister launched various initiatives and gave incentives to agri sector and today the farmers were getting a better price of their crops.
The government was also working out a plan for livestock development while construction sector was also growing fast due to effective polices of the PTI government he added.
Dr Shahbaz Gill disclosed that in May 2021 petroleum products sale volume recorded at 1 692 000 tons with diesel 762 000 tons petrol 730 000 tons and 200 000 tons of kerosene oil light diesel etc. and it was the highest quantum sale of petroleum products in a month in the history of Pakistan.