ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that all the economic indicators were stable and satisfactory due to the efforts of the government, sacrifices of the people and the stakeholders contributing to the health of the national economy.
Addressing a meeting of the cabinet prior to according approval to fiscal budget of 2025-26, the prime minister said they would deliberate upon the new budget and accord its approval.
He said during the last one and a quarter year, the nation faced a hard situation and challenges, but steering the country out of them was no ordinary achievement.
“The common man and the salaried class gave sacrifices,” the prime minister said, adding that the salaried class was asking the question that they had contributed about Rs400 billion to the national exchequer in the form of taxes and how much the wealthy and opulent had given?
The prime minister, in his address telecast live on national Tv channels, further observed due to the sacrifices of the nation and government’s striving; Pakistan reached at a point to take off as all the stability indicators were satisfactory.
Exports and remittances had increased and showed a quantum jump, with the IT exports ever increasing, he said and stressed that these sectors had potential to further grow.
The prime minister congratulated the nation and the Muslim Ummah on the auspicious occasion of Eid and Hajj.
He said the people of Palestine and Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir were facing worst kind of tyranny and barbarism, the more, they condemned it, the less it would be.