MALAKAND: To pay off foreign debt and save money for education we must generate income through introducing new projects Prime Minister Imran Khan stressed on Friday.
Addressing a ceremony in Malakand, Prime Minister Khan said Lahore’s Ravi City and Bundal Island projects will lead to wealth creation. The projects initiated by the construction industry and two dams being built after 50 years will also help create wealth, he added.
He pointed out that the government is building houses for low-income people in Pakistan for the first time.
The prime minister said tourism alone can fetch huge revenue that can cut external deficit. “Swat witnessed an unprecedented number of tourists over the last two years. If tourism picks up, people of Pakistan won’t have to go abroad [in search of greener pastures]. Malaysia generates a whopping $20 billion through tourism, and Turkey $40 billion,” the prime minister highlighted.
Switzerland that earns $60 billion through tourism can’t even match the beauty Pakistan has been bestowed with, he said.
Unfortunately, PM Khan lamented, the country’s agriculture sector is still using outdated and inefficient methods. “We are going to bring in a new agriculture policy next week that will alone lift the country,” he disclosed.
The premier later also inaugurated three newly constructed tunnels at the Swat Expressway.
During the ceremony at the university, PM Imran said that Allama Iqbal had a vision for Pakistan, of a country leading the world by example.
“These universities are being built so that people know why Pakistan was created,” the PM stated..
“Was the purpose of its creation that a dynasty loots it?” the premier asked. “The purpose of this country was not for an Asif Zardari and a Nawaz Sharif to gain riches like Tata and Birla,” the premier asserted.
Speaking of university projects, he informed that the Al-Qadir University – in Jhelum, Punjab – will be completed in September, adding that the Namal University – in Mianwali – will be made into the ‘Oxford University’ of Pakistan.
The premier shared that making Namal University one of the best universities in the world was his dream.
“The more we spend on our youth, the more value we add to our society,” the premier said
