Pakistan has immense growth potential: Nawaz Sharif
'We've done exceedingly well in the last four years,' the former PM told a foreign news agency on Wednesday
August 09, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan has immense potential to grow in the future.
Before departing Punjab House for his GT Road rally around noon, the former premier spoke to a foreign news agency and said ‘we’ve [Pakistan] done exceedingly well in the last four years.’
He added that the country was marching forward in every sector, and Pakistan’s economy ‘started galloping,’ with a 5.3 per cent growth rate in 2016.
“We were aiming to achieve a 6 per cent growth rate this fiscal year, and I believe that there is great potential for further increase in growth rate because the investments taking place in Pakistan are colossal,” Nawaz said. “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project is also moving forward at a very fast pace.”
Touching upon the problems Pakistan was facing when Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz came to power in 2013, the former premier said his government inherited three challenges.
“The power crisis was at its peak, and by the grace of God we have been able to resolve that to a great extent,” he said. “By early next year, this problem will be fully resolved.”
Nawaz is on his way to Rawalpindi to begin his journey, via the GT Road, for his hometown of Lahore.
At present, Nawaz's cavalcade, surrounded by scores of party supporters, is at Zero Point from where it will turn towards Faizabad on the Islamabad Expressway. It will then get on Murree Road, Rawalpindi from the Faizabad Interchange.
The decision for Sharif to reach out to masses by travelling via GT Road was taken at a party meeting at Punjab House a couple of days ago.
Following his disqualification as the prime minister, Sharif vacated PM House on July 30 and headed to his Murree residence along with family members and close confidants. A week later, he moved to Punjab House, Islamabad.
