UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wasePakistan, uMnuz Shah Mehmood Qureshi uthe iPakistan kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yinto enkulu elandelayo kwezokuvakasha kwamazwe omhlaba. "Ngemuva kokulungiswa kwesilinganiso sokushintshaniswa kwemali, ukuthunyelwa kwethu kwamanye amazwe bekukhuphuka, kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-14, kusuka ku- $ 20.45 billion ngo-2016-17 kuya ku- $ 23.33bn ngo-2017-18."
Ungqongqoshe uphinde wathi izingxoxo zezomnotho ziyisidingo saleli hora wathi kumele kwenziwe imizamo ebambisene yokwenza iPakistan ibe yingxenye yohlelo lomkhiqizo jikelele.
UMnu Qureshi uthe uhulumeni ubeke ukuvuselelwa komnotho nokukhula ezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu lohlelo lwezinguquko.
“Imanifesto yethu ikhuluma ngezimpawu zomgwaqo mayelana nezingxoxo zezombusazwe nezomnotho, ekuthuthukiseni ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe, ukukhuphula imali kanye nokunciphisa ubuphofu. Ukusebenza kwethu kwezinsuku eziyi-100 kufakazela okubaluleke kakhulu esikunamathela kukho. Kulezi zinsuku eziyi-100, sikwazile ukuthola ukwesekwa kozakwethu abakhulu, futhi sagwema ubunzima obuseduze bezinkinga zokukhokha. Kepha ukuphikiswa kwenhlekelele bekungekho, futhi ngeke kulunge ngokwanele. Kufanele senze kangcono kakhulu. Abantu basePakistan balindele lokhu kithi. Ithemba lokuzalwa lasePakistan futhi linamathemba, ukuqina kwayo okungaguquguquki nezinsizakusebenza ezinkulu kufuna lokhu kithi. ”
Uthe ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokuhweba kubaluleke kakhulu ezinhlelweni zezingxoxo zezomnotho, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu isidingo sokukhuphula nokusebenzisa ngobuhlakani usizo lokuthuthuka nokwenyusa imali ethunyelwayo ngamathuba emisebenzi athuthukisiwe phesheya kwabasebenzi bezwe.
Eqaphela ukuthi asikho isizathu sokulahla ithemba, ukhulume ngokuningiliziwe mayelana namandla amakhulu ePakistan ababusiswe ngawo. Uveze ukuthi uGoldman Sachs ukhombe iPakistan njengenye yezomnotho i-Next Eleven ezoba yimbangela yokukhula komhlaba kuleli khulu leminyaka.
UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uthe asikho isizathu sokuthi iPakistan isalele emuva futhi izwakalise ukuzethemba ukuthi ingqungquthela izokwazi ukuveza ulwazi, futhi iqhamuke nohlelo lokusebenza lwezincomo ezisebenzisekayo.
