ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to arrive in Mianwali on a brief visit where he will launch the spring plantation drive.
The prime minister will launch the Spring Tree Plantation campaign under Ten billion tree tsunami project in Mianwali and Ghazi Barotha. He will also inaugurate a cricket ground in Ghazi Barotha.
The prime minister will visit Namal University Mianwali and hold meetings with university donors. He will also inaugurate the Sports City in Mianwali which has been earlier cancelled. Strict security arrangements have been placed on high alert while administrative officers rushed to cleanliness drive ahead of the prime minister’s visit.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the country’s economic indicators are on a positive trajectory despite many challenges including the coronavirus pandemic.
He was addressing a ceremony in connection with Roshan Digital Account crossing $500 million mark in remittances in Islamabad. PM Imran Khan said the present government has made record repayments of $20 billion in foreign loans over the last two and a half years.
The prime minister expressed his pleasure over the record increase in the country’s exports at a time when the economies around the world were badly affected by the breakout of the pandemic. He said Pakistan’s exports have been more than our competitors including India and Bangladesh and the textile sector is witnessing a boom and new textile mills are being opened.
PM Imran Khan noted that the conscious efforts to improve exports as well as remittances in the Roshan Digital Pakistan Accounts have helped stabilize the rupee. He said that 88,000 Roshan Digital Accounts have been opened in 97 countries. He pointed out that the overseas Pakistanis are our biggest asset and it has been his endeavour to tap this potential to take forward the country.
