{"id":35151,"date":"2024-09-28T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T20:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=35151"},"modified":"2024-09-28T20:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T20:26:24","slug":"pm-calls-for-further-strenuous-efforts-to-continue-economic-stability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pm-calls-for-further-strenuous-efforts-to-continue-economic-stability\/","title":{"rendered":"PM calls for further strenuous efforts to continue economic stability"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35152\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35152\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pakistan_London.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pakistan_London.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pakistan_London-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">London : Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz addresses a news conference on 28 September 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5>LONDON: 28 Sep 2024 &#8211; Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the collective efforts by all the stakeholders in the government had put Pakistan on the path of economic stability and progress and called for further strenuous efforts and sacrifices to achieve the economic objectives.<\/h5>\n<h5>During a media interaction, the prime minister elaborated that during their previous tenure of sixteen months in the government, they faced the financial challenges but with collective efforts, they saved Pakistan from running into default.<\/h5>\n<h5>Earlier, the prime minister arrived from New York where he had addressed the plenary meeting of the UN General Debate at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).<\/h5>\n<h5>In a veiled reference to previous government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), he said the former party\u2019s policies led the country to default, but \u2018with grace of Allah Almighty and with their collective efforts, Pakistan is now moving towards stability and progress. The international institutions also acknowledged it\u2019.<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sGEqijZPKQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/chill-of-a-new-cold-war-is-in-the-air-pakistan-leader-raises-gaza-kashmir-issues-at-un-assembly\/\">\u2018Chill of a new Cold War\u2019 is in the air, Pakistan leader Raises GAZA &#038; Kashmir Issues at  UN Assembly<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;\u2018Chill of a new Cold War\u2019 is in the air, Pakistan leader Raises GAZA &#038; Kashmir Issues at  UN Assembly&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/chill-of-a-new-cold-war-is-in-the-air-pakistan-leader-raises-gaza-kashmir-issues-at-un-assembly\/embed\/#?secret=1SItvvSMTv#?secret=sGEqijZPKQ\" data-secret=\"sGEqijZPKQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>The prime minister also expressed his satisfaction over the approval of $7 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended fund facility.<\/h5>\n<h5>Comparing last year\u2019s 32 percent spiraling inflation rate, he said now the price hike stood at 9.6 percent, adding the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had also reduced the interest rate while the rates of daily commodities were showing stability.<\/h5>\n<h5>Prime Minister Sharif said the inflation rate had nosedived but still \u201cEverything is not a hunky-dory. We have to sweat hard and broaden the tax net without burdening those already paying it.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>He said the common people had always sacrificed for the country. Now, it was time for the elite to sacrifice for the country and play their part in the country\u2019s progress.<\/h5>\n<h5>The prime minister thanked the brotherly countries particularly the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and time-tested friend China for their support in securing the IMF programme and said that without their support, it would not have been possible.<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cI particularly thank them for their support to steer Pakistan out of economic straits\u201d he said and commended the efforts of ministers of finance, foreign affairs, secretary finance, officials and ambassadors who made efforts in this regard.<\/h5>\n<h5>The prime minister lauded the chief of army staff for his efforts in achieving the IMF programme and said that the COAS had visited the brotherly countries which provided critical economic relief to Pakistan.<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UoSSQCWigF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/ministerial-meeting-of-the-quadripartite-group-pakistan-china-iran-russia-on-afghanistan\/\">Ministerial Meeting of the Quadripartite Group (Pakistan, China, Iran, Russia) on Afghanistan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Ministerial Meeting of the Quadripartite Group (Pakistan, China, Iran, Russia) on Afghanistan&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/ministerial-meeting-of-the-quadripartite-group-pakistan-china-iran-russia-on-afghanistan\/embed\/#?secret=ZGFF9EJAy8#?secret=UoSSQCWigF\" data-secret=\"UoSSQCWigF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Terming it a \u2018team Pakistan\u2019s work\u2019, he expressed the hope that the IMF\u2019s programme would be the last one as the 240 million people and the government\u2019s efforts would accomplish it successfully.<\/h5>\n<h5>He stressed that they would have to reduce their expenditures and strive to provide amenities to the public at their doorsteps. \u201cTime has arrived to work hard and uphold merit which should be their hallmarks.\u201d<\/h5>\n<h5>The prime minister also reiterated his call for a \u2018charter of economy\u2019.<\/h5>\n<h5>About his participation in the UNGA annual session, he highlighted that he had held useful meetings with different leaders of various countries including the UK, Bangladesh, T\u00fcrkiye, Kuwait and others which would help to further foster their bilateral and brotherly ties.<\/h5>\n<h5>\u201cI have made a humble effort to convey voice of the people of Pakistan to the world over Palestine and Gaza where more than 40,000 people including children had been martyred,\u201d he said, adding that gruesome Israeli attacks continued on Beirut which was strongly condemned by Pakistan.<\/h5>\n<h5>The prime minister said that in his speech, he had reiterated the call for immediate ceasefire and stressed upon the international community to wake up and work for an immediate independent Palestinian state with pre 1967 borders, besides stressed for its representation in the UN.<\/h5>\n<h5>He said that he also apprised the session of the grave situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) where the Kashmiri people had been fighting for their legitimate rights and shedding bloodshed. They had been facing brute aggression and violence by the Indian illegal occupation forces.<\/h5>\n<h5>Modi\u2019s government with its unilateral and illegal steps had deprived IIOJK of its special status which was violation of the respective UN resolutions and other global human rights calls. Terror and aggression in IIOJK should end and the Kashmiri people should be given the right to hold plebiscite to independence, he added.<\/h5>\n<h5>The prime minister, without naming PTI, also termed the 9th May riots targeting Jinnah\u2019s House, GHQ and showing disrespect for the martyrs\u2019 graves as \u2018an unpardonable act\u2019.<\/h5>\n<h5>He also expressed his optimism that Pakistan would soon become an \u2018Asian Tiger\u2019 as pronounced by his leader and former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif whose efforts had put Pakistan on path of rapid progress and economic stability.<\/h5>\n<h5>He regretted that Nawaz Sharif\u2019s governments were removed through conspiracies.<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rrDeMRFel7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-aug-sep-2024\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 Aug \/ Sep 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 Aug \/ Sep 2024&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-aug-sep-2024\/embed\/#?secret=k0lsEjacYe#?secret=rrDeMRFel7\" data-secret=\"rrDeMRFel7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: 28 Sep 2024 &#8211; Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the collective efforts by all the stakeholders in the government had put Pakistan on the path of economic stability and progress and called for further strenuous efforts and sacrifices to achieve the economic objectives. 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