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| No foreign aid required if corruption is stopped: Nawaz Sharif |
| 2010-12-09 |
| [Geo News] Chief of PML-N Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Müslim League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... on Wednesday said that the country was passing through a critical juncture and facing many economic problems. Addressing a public gathering at Karman Wali Havaili near Sammundri on Wednesday, he said that corrupt elements have choked the entire development process. If the corruption is eliminated from government departments, the country would become self-reliant and no foreign aid would be required, he added. He crtiticized the imposition of RGST saying the proposed tax would overburden the people, who were already facing financial constraints due to the inflationary trend in the country. He said that PML-N would oppose the new tax in and outside the constitutional institutions and if the imposition of new taxes was imperative, corruption should be eliminated first of all. He criticized corruption in Hajj affairs and said the responsible officers should be jugged. He observed that dictators always jeopardized the pace of national progress and prosperity by usurping powers. He said his party would pull the country out of crises and put it on the way to progress and prosperity. He said that if his government had not been toppled, Pakistain would have been prosperous by now. Earlier, Nawaz Sharif was accorded a reception and was brought to Karman Wali Havaili in a big rally from Sammundri Bypass. A large number of PML-N activists, workers and leaders including Chaudhry Sher Ali and Rao Kashif Raheem were also present on the occasion. |
| Posted by:Fred |