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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has lauded China’s President Xi Jinping on successfully eliminating extreme poverty from the country.
On a social media website Twitter, PM Imran said, “I want to congratulate President Xi Jinping [and] the Chinese government for the momentous achievement of eradicating extreme poverty in their country.
The prime minister further said, “Never before in history have 750 million people been taken out of extreme poverty in a span of 35 years.”
He said that for developing countries like Pakistan there are lessons to be learned. “With determination and commitment, we can do the same for our people.”
For developing countries like Pakistan there are lessons to be learnt. With determination and commitment we can do the same for our people.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) February 28, 2021
It is worth mentioning here that China held a high-profile celebration to mark what its President Xi Jinping described as a complete victory in eliminating absolute poverty.
Mr. Xi said over the past eight years under his term, 98.99 million poor in rural areas had been lifted out of poverty while all the 832 designated impoverished counties and 128,000 impoverished villages had been removed from the government’s list.
Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first speech of New Year set out the objectives his government plans to achieve in 2021.
Addressing a ceremony today, he said, “his two major public welfare objectives this year will be ensuring universal health coverage through health card scheme and launching an initiative under Ehsaas Programme to make sure that no one goes to bed hungry.”
PM Imran said 2021 is the year of progress as Pakistan is heading in the right direction.“No nation in the world could achieve progress and developed without knowing its history which enabled it to have the comparison with the current and past achievements,” the premier said, adding, “We have to protect our historical sites and buildings.”