ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Thursday said the country’s exports have witnessed a 6.2 percent increase last year and owing to government’s effective strategy, these would go up to 30 percent by next year.
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He was addressing the 40th Exports Award ceremony of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) here at the Pakistan-China Friendship Centre.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif spoke at length about the grave challenges his government inherited and said difficult decisions were taken to help steer the country out of its problems.
The Prime Minister said positive results were now visible in all spheres, showing enhanced growth and progress.
He said the government’s focus was now on growth and assured that all necessary resources would be made available to the industrial, agricultural and other sectors.
He said creation of new jobs was part of his government’s agenda, besides ending poverty and providing better health and education services.
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the operation to restore peace in Karachi would continue and the port city’s stature of country’s major business hub would be further boosted.
He said once the remotest area of Balochistan – Gwadar has turned into a game changer and was being linked with major trade centers of the country and with China.
He said the PML-N government took the first step in progress of Balochistan by allowing the political parties to choose their own setup, without any interference.
Similarly, Nawaz Sharif said the PML-N would have easily formed a government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the cooperation of Maulana Fazalur Rehman, but offered PTI to form their own government. However, he pointed that it was the federal government that was undertaking all the mega development projects, besides tackling the issue of terrorism, and said the tall claims of the provincial government have failed to materialise.
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He said besides major road development projects, the government was extending the six-lane motorway from Karachi to Peshawar, and said various sections were already complete, while work on remaining was in various phases of completion.
Nawaz Sharif pointed that a revolution has been brought in through a series of road network projects that would link not only different regions of the country, but would also connect with international borders to boost connectivity and country’s trade.