ISLAMABAD – PM Imran khan announced to form a task force to bring back thelooted money of Pakistan from abroad.

He announced the formation of task force in his first ever address to theNation.

Khan further explained that instead of trying to rebuild the economy viaexternal loans, his government will try and fulfill its needs from within.

“No country can succeed by taking on debt again and again,” he said. “Debtsare taken for brief periods of time. We cannot go on the way we have. Andyou need to realise that when these people give us money, they attachconditions to it.

“I will be ashamed to go abroad and ask for money. If the leader of thenation has to go and ask for debt, what will my nation be?

“We also need to pay our taxes. I am going to fix FBR on a priority basis.It has lost its credibility and that is why people don’t pay taxes. I willpromise my people that I will protect your tax money and spend it on you.We will keep our end of the bargain, but I want you to pay your taxes too.That is your responsibility. Pay your taxes so that we can lift ourdestitute out of poverty.

“I promise you, if I can assure you that your tax money will be spent onyou, we will not face these deficits in the future. God willing, this willnot happen again.”

“We are creating a task force to repatriate wealth looted from thiscountry. We need to put an end to money laundering. It is our biggestproblem right now.