MULTAN
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that inflation is a temporary global phenomenon and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will control it before 2023.
Addressing a function in his constituency NA-156 on Sunday, the foreign minister said that the government is not indifferent to people and is well aware of their hardships. He said that the government is striving hard to address public problems. The global economy has also been in crisis for the past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. He maintained that difficulties are temporary.
Qureshi stated “We love our dear homeland and would continue to live in the country. We know how to be loyal to the country. We have no flats, no accounts abroad and no one has a plan to go abroad. We are among the people and will remain with them”.
The foreign minister hoped that problems of the masses would end soon. “We are fighting crises with determination. No matter how much the Opposition marches, there will be no in house change or end to the government. The opposition will face defeat. The democratic government of PTI will complete its term”, remarked FM Qureshi.
He expressed satisfaction and hinted that the PTI government’s intentions were positive. “The present government has a credit for not having any corruption scandal”. The government under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan has zero tolerance policy on corruption. In the past, the resources and national treasury were ruthlessly looted. Properties have been made abroad by opening foreign currency accounts. However, the present government strongly believed in transparency, and is spending national wealth and resources on public development.
For the first time, people’s money is being spent on the uplift of masses. Expressing the challenges, Qureshi observed that the problems were much more, compared to available resources which could not be resolved overnight. “We understand the problems and concerns of the people and try to resolve the issues”, he added.
In 2013, the PTI parliamentarians lacked budget but the PTI workers stood by the party with sincerity. In 2018 elections, the people reposed confidence in PTI, said Qureshi and promised that the government would come upto expectations of the masses. ” We are now in power, devoting all our energies and resources towards the welfare of the people.
The PTI government would honour pledges made with the public during elections 2018 campaign. “We will go to the people’s court for Elections 2023 on the basis of five years of performance and Insha Allah will win the Elections 2023 again.
