*ISLAMABAD – **PTI government inherited $20 billion current accountdeficit, Rs 2000 billion debt servicing, Reports have revealed. *
*Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr.Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Sunday said that due to effective measures taken bythe government ,current account deficit shirked to $7 billion during pastfew months.*
Addressing a post budget conference, ‘Pakistan Back on Track’ in Islamabad,Hafeez Shaikh said that the current government had inherited $20 bn currentaccount deficit and it required 2000 billion rupees for debt servicing.
The advisor said that the government was striving hard to overcome thefiscal and current account deficit to stabilize economy.
He said, “Fiscal and current accounts deficits are huge challenges for thegovernment and economy can be put on growth trajectory by incorporatingpolicies to overcome current accounts deficit.”