PTI Govt Making All-out Efforts For Economic Stability: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Nov, 2018 ) :Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry�Fawad Hussain Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was making all-out efforts for the economic stability of the country.

� The minister, in an interview with a private news channel, said the economy was in dire straits due to wrong policies of last regimes. The PTI government had taken many corrective measures, which were showing positive results. Talks were underway with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to stabilize the economic situation.

� � Fawad said the previous governments had trapped the country in the debt web. The borrowed amount was spent on unnecessary projects or the ones which were only profitable for them. The national wealth was stolen by the last rulers or spent at their personal whims, he alleged.

� � �The minister said the recovery of national wealth looted by the Sharifs and Zardari could end the financial crisis being faced by the country. It was the PTI's manifesto and Prime Minister Imran Khan fought the last general election on the promise to make the corrupt accountable with recovery of the stolen public money.

The PTI government, he said, was taking steps to take the looters and thieves of the public money to task. The crackdown against the corrupt would continue and no one would be spared.� � �� � � "We will bring the change that we have promised to the people at the hustings," Fawad said.

He said the culture of sweeping everything under the carpet prevailed during the past regimes. The corrupt were shielded only to perpetuate their rules, but that culture had now changed, he added.

� � �The information minister said the last governments of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had destroyed the government departments through their corrupt practices. Political appointees could be witnessed in every department, he added.� � � � He said the people had given mandate to the PTI and attached high hopes to its government. They would not be disappointed. Prime Minister Imran Khan would take the nation into confidence on November 29 over the government's performance on completion of 100 days, he added.

He said Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar was taking revolutionary steps for the betterment of the people of his province. The PTI government would not disappoint the people of Punjab, he added.

As regards reshuffle in the bureaucracy, the minister said it was meant to appoint right persons at key posts.

�He said the current government had not made even a single appointment in the National Accountability Bureau.

To a question, the minister said without protecting the rights of minorities, a Madina-like state could not be established in the country. It was the government's responsibility to protect all minority community members, including Asia Bibi, who was in Pakistan, he added.

� He said a new media regulatory authority would be set up, which would regulate all kinds of media, including social media. A law was under consideration under which no one would be let scot-free for defaming anyone, he added.

�To another question, Fawad said the opposition wanted another National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), however, the government would not fulfill their desire.