PM Imran Khan vowed to eradicate poverty from the country and ensure no one goes to sleep hungry
Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he wants to see Pakistan’s economy grow in 2021. He vowed to eradicate poverty from the country and put it on the path of industrialization.
No one sleeps hungry
Imran said that new schemes would begin under the Ehsaas Program to ensure that hunger is removed. It is expected that a mechanism would be in place by the end of the year.
“We will use information technology and will identify areas where this is most prevalent and will involve the whole country, including non-government organizations,” Khan said.
“We will start our most ambitious nationwide project ‘Koi Bhuka Na Soyay’ under Ehsaas programme. By the end of the year, these two projects will move us closer to our goal of making Pakistan a welfare state.”
He also said that that universal healthcare would also be provided to the people across the country. A program for this purpose is underway in KP, and other provinces will soon follow suit.
“My new rear resolutions for 2021 are to complete two projects. One, universal health coverage to all our citizens. It has begun in KP and will soon begin in Punjab & GB. We hope other provinces will replicate this program,” the PM said.
Business-friendly policies
The prime minister said that attention would be paid to neglected industries, and business-friendly policies will be introduced. He was also delighted as the textile industry is working on its full capacity. He also added that poverty would be eradicated through the generation of greater wealth.
“We have to make business-friendly policies. We have to help our industry that has been previously neglected and have to incentivize it. The wealth that will be subsequently generated will be used to eradicate poverty,” he said.
The PM gave China’s example as an ideal model for the development of industries in Pakistan. “China is the country we can learn the most from because their development model suits us the best. Pakistan can learn the most from the way and the speed with which China has developed in the past 35 years.”
“Our biggest problem is that we did not try to increase our exports in the past. Why do we have to go to the International Monetary Fund? Because our exports fall and our imports rise […] we have to squeeze our economy, which makes life difficult for the common man.”
[…] the first day of 2021, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that his New Year’s resolutions for Pakistan are to offer universal health coverage to all and eradicate poverty from the country […]