{"id":463830,"date":"2025-02-26T12:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=463830"},"modified":"2025-02-26T12:20:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:20:23","slug":"we-need-economic-long-march-rather-than-any-political-long-march-ahsan-iqbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/we-need-economic-long-march-rather-than-any-political-long-march-ahsan-iqbal\/","title":{"rendered":"We need economic long march rather than any political long march: Ahsan Iqbal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NAROWAL<br \/>\nMinister for planning Ahsan Iqbal has said we have crashed 3 flights of development in 77 years and now we are making 4th flight whereby we are reaping dividends .<br \/>\nKey to success of Pakistan lies in political stability. We don\u2019t need any political long march at present but we need economic long march. Many indicators including energy, exports, inflation and stock have improved, he said this while addressing a ceremony in university of Narowal here Tuesday.<br \/>\nSindh has assured of full cooperation. Our ideology is extending opportunity of progress to youths and not teaching them abuses.<br \/>\nFormer president Arif Alvi put at stake the prestige of country. He spoke against Pakistan in US, he added.<br \/>\nOne key point of Uran Pakistan is energy. The hidden treasure of Sindh is now becoming energy capital of country. Sukkar-Hyderabad Motorway is being launched on priority basis this year.<br \/>\nGovernment fully believes in freedom of media. We can not allow harassment of our sisters and mothers through social media in the name of freedom of media. I have fallen victim of social media hatred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAROWAL Minister for planning Ahsan Iqbal has said we have crashed 3 flights of development in 77 years and now we are making 4th flight whereby we are reaping dividends . Key to success of Pakistan lies in political stability. We don\u2019t need any political long march at present but we need economic long march. 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