ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (APP):Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Wednesday called upon the youth of the country to play their due role in reformation process of the country .
“Let’s become part of the Make Pakistan Movement to ensure reformation of Pakistan”, Ahsan Iqbal said while addressing
the inauguration ceremony of Food, pharma and nutrition conference organised by Riphah University here.
He said today, the world is competing on the economic fronts and gone are the days when countries were having competition on the basis of their political systems. Therefore, he said “We will have to make fast developments on economic front to save Pakistan’s future.
He highlighted that any successful system has the capacity to make proper utilization of knowledge and then take benefits of it.
The minister maintained that there was no scarcity of talent and other resources in Pakistan but the only thing we want is the continuity of policies.
“The only way to fast development is to ensure peace, stability and continuity of policies”, he added.
Ahsan Iqbal reiterated the government’s resolves to provide good base of sustainable development for future generation of the country.
He said the youth must get away with hatred and intolerance to ensure development, cooperation and harmony in the society.
The minister added that promotion of exports was the top priority of the government and pharma industry had immense potential to help increasing the country’s exports. Halal foods, he said had also vast potential especially in the Middle Easter Countries which should be tapped by increasing Halal foods processing.
Ahsan Iqbal pointed out that Pakistan is rich with all kind of natural resources which must be properly utilized by using state of the art technology.
He pointed out that during the tenure of PML-N government, investment was made on a large scale. It added 11,000 MW of electricity to the national grid besides constructing a network of highways and motorways across the country.
He said in 2018, more people were willing to invest in Pakistan, however, Imran Khan’s wrong policies wasted away all the hard work done during the PML-N government.
Ahsan Iqbal said the government is also focusing on launching new development projects in collaboration with the private sector to minimize the burden on the government exchequer.
