Free Trade Agreement with China to help promote local industry: Dr Firdous

GUJRAT: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan here on Sunday said that Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China would help promote the local industry.

Talking about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China during a stopover in Gujrat, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said, “For the first time a leader is talking for the interest of his country and people at international level, unlike previous rulers who visited abroad for their personal and business interests.”

She said a strategy was being developed for eradication of poverty and added that the government was taking concrete steps to improve economy and to resolve social issues. Speaking in Islamabad prior to her departure, she said people of the country stand with their leader Imran Khan.

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Earlier, addressing a rally at Sambrial, near Sialkot this afternoon, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said that PTI’s politics is based on provision of relief to the masses.

She said PM Imran Khan was fully aware of people’s sufferings and he was striving hard to bring more investment to the country to mitigate sufferings of the common man.

The special assistant said PTI government was focusing on long-term project for sustainable development instead of going of showy projects as was done by the previous rulers.

Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan further said that opposition was pursuing an agenda of defending personal interest and they were using the parliament for this purpose. She said the government would not show any leniency to those, who have mercilessly looted the wealth of this country.

Firdous Ashiq Awan, however, said that any constructive criticism from the opposition will be welcomed. She further said that the politics of dealings inflicted an irreparable loss to Pakistan.