Extract from Daily Dawn, Karachi (9th October,2008)
APP adds:
" PM’s Adviser for Finance, Mr. Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin said that notions about the bankruptcy of Pakistan were baseless and the government was neither going to seal bank lockers nor freezing the foreign currency accounts.
He said the government would enhance the confidence of investors through concrete measures and alleviation of poverty would be among the topmost priorities.
He said the government would devise a special strategy to alleviate poverty and increase annual growth rate by promoting agriculture and industry. Special measures would be taken to promote the agricultural sector, he added.
The adviser said he would help restore the confidence of investors by assuring them that the economic reforms would continue and no basic policy changes would be made. He said not only local but also foreign investors would be taken into confidence."