- Says civil-military leadership is on the same page
- Says money laundering to be stopped, don’t worry about hike in dollar
ISLAMABAD, November 30: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that there is nothing impossible in the world and even the Kashmir issue can be resolved.
While speaking to Indian journalists in the federal capital, the prime minister said that peace is the only way forward.
“If the Indian government cannot talk with Pakistan right now then we will try to initiate talks after the elections,” he said.
He said that the problems between Pakistan and India are not due to the public but exist between the governments, adding that efforts for negotiation will continue.
The PM said that it is not in Pakistan’s favour that its soil is used for attacks and Pakistan is in favour of peace.
He said that the biggest priority of the government is its poor people, adding that Pakistan’s mindset has changed but Indian mindset hasn’t.
The prime minister said that Pakistan is installing a fence at its border with Afghanistan to control infiltration of terrorists.
PM Imran Khan said that looking at the past yields no results and he is not accountable for what transpired in the past.
“Civil-military leadership is at the same page and we have consensus over whatever I am saying,” mentioned the prime minister.
Addressing inaugural ceremony of Chinese automobile JW Forland manufacturing plant, PM Khan said foreign investors will be provided all out facilities to do business in Pakistan, transfer technology and create job opportunities. Prime Minister Imran Khan said that rupee depreciation and increase in dollar value should not be panicking for anyone, assuring the money laundering in the country will be utterly stopped.
The prime minister said that the investment would take dollar in the country and the rupee depreciation would be decreased. “If the overseas Pakistani will send money in Pakistan through legal way, the country will get $10 billion benefit. The country is facing the biggest problem as budget deficit,” he termed.
He said the government has focused on encouraging investment, increasing exports, incentivizing overseas Pakistanis for sending remittances, and checking money laundering.
Imran Khan mentioned that foreign investment not only creates jobs in the country but also brings the valuable foreign exchange. He also said that the situation in Pakistan won’t change until we continue to import goods and not export goods. Imran Khan said that instead of seeking loan, “We demanded technology from the Chinese government,” adding that the country progress when technologies transferred. “For the first time in the history of Pakistan, a card manufacturing plant is being set up,” PM Khan said and added China is investing US$900 million in the project. “The investment would create jobs in Pakistan,” he added.-Agencies
