ISLAMABAD – The government’s spokesperson on Economy and Energy Affairs DrFarrukh Saleem has said visiting friendly countries for financialassistance was a better option than falling to the tough conditions ofInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) after getting maximum bail out packagefrom it.

Pakistan needed support from its sincere and true friends to overcome itseconomic challenges, he said talking to PTV.

He said China Pakistan Economic Corridor was a mega project which wouldhelp strengthening the national economy.Saleem said PTI’s pledges made during the election 2018 campaign would befulfilled and jobs would be provided to unemployed youth through improvingindustrial zones, agriculture sector and opening new avenues of employment.

He said increase in exports would help to stable the national economy,adding All Pakistan Textile Mills Association had assured the governmentthat 50 per cent of the closed industries would be reopened in Punjab.The spokesman said the government wanted to seek help from China inovercoming the menace of corruption and poverty from the country, and inthis regard arresting white color criminals was essential.

Dr. Farrukh Saleem said no improvement was made in national institutions byPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. Some institutions would beprivatized, while infrastructural changes would be introduced in others.To a question, he said Pakistan Peoples Party had introduced a law named asPublic Sector Governance Rule 2013, and this law should be implemented inletter and spirit to resolve institutional matters.

He said Pakistan and china were not only enjoying cordial bilateralrelations but both the countries had deep strategic relations as well.