Multan:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he will seek help from China for the development of agriculture. Although the production of wheat, rice and sugarcane has increased to a record level, but due to poor seed, the target for cotton has failed.
Addressing a press conference in Multan, he said that every section has expressed positive views on the budget as the government has focused on economic growth in the budget. He said that when more money is spent on development, the result will be better. I will also increase the growth rate.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that increase in economic growth rate would reduce inflation and poverty while recovery of the economy would begin despite Corona challenges. “Remittances have increased more than we expected, which will give a positive overall economic indicator,” he said.
The Foreign Minister said that controlling inflation is one of the main priorities of the government, the biggest challenge throughout the year has been inflation. He said that we are trying to increase the purchasing power of the general consumer so that even if some things are expensive. If you can buy, per capita income has also increased.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the per capita income was سو 1300 but now it is increasing to سو 1500 ie it is increasing. To use more efficiently.
He said that there was a lot of pressure on us to increase the electricity tariff but Prime Minister Imran Khan refused to accept the pressure. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that he controlled the prices by not increasing the income tax and sales tax. He said that money has been allocated for Quetta, Chaman and Karachi highways while Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway has been allocated in the budget.
