ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting under Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday discussed in detail the country s economy, strategies to curb inflation and development plans for the coming financial year.The.
Next budget should focus on development, inflation control, directs PM Imran Khan
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Prime Minister Imran Khan chairing a meeting of party leaders. Picture Radio Pakistan.
PM Imran Khan discussed the national economy, strategy to control inflation, and development projects with party leaders.
Instructed economic team to give a special focus on the development projects.
The participants were told that the next budget would be development-oriented with full attention towards improvement of growth ratio.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the country’s economy in detail and directed his team to focus on development and inflation control in the next budget.
Imran Khan Seeks Development-Focus in Next Year’s Budget
File photo of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Aamir Qureshi AFP
During meeting with senior officials, the prime minister has stressed on taking steps to curb inflation
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday directed his economic team to ensure the budget for fiscal year 2021-22 focused on measures to control inflation, as well as development projects that targeted the needs of the public.
Chairing a meeting to discuss the country’s economic situation, Khan said special attention should be paid to completing development projects that were already in the pipeline. He also stressed that economic growth should be boosted and inflation should be curbed to benefit the common man.
Next budget should focus development works, inflation control: PM
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Next budget should focus development works, inflation control: PM
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has instructed his economic team to give a special focus on the development projects while formulating the upcoming annual budget and the measures to control the inflation.
Chairing a meeting to discuss the next annual budget and national economy, the prime minister said that besides ensuring the completion of ongoing development projects, new projects should also be designed in accordance with the public needs.
National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, federal ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pervaiz Khattak, Shafqat Mahmood, Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry, KP Givernor Shah Farman, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, provincial ministers Hashim Jawan Bakht, Taimur Saleem Jhagra, and relevant senior officers.
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