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He held people have rejected those who provoke hatred and chaos in the country. When we took over government, the country was on the brink of the bankruptcy. but we steered out Pakistan from economic crisis by sacrificing our politics to economy. Now no one can say Pakistan is going to become bankrupt. Inflation has reduced from 36 percent to 5 percent. ONLINE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Minister for development and planning Ahsan Iqbal has said there is need of economic long march and not political long march now. \u201cPopulation goes there in the world where the opportunities exist. 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