PESHAWAR: Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan Friday pledged to make Pakistan a corruption-free state if his party is voted to power.
He expressed these views while addressing a big public gathering at Timergara in Lower Dir District.
PTI Chairman said direct foreign investment come into the country only when financial transparency and just utilization exists.
While referring to past government performance in KP, Imran Khan claimed that KP police and Local government system is best from all the other provinces. In this regard, he also threw a challenge of holding any kind of survey for evaluating performance of his government in KP in the field of education, health, police, revenue and LG.
Imran said around 22 years ago he started struggle against corruption and will continue the same after coming into power.
Spelling out his priorities, PTI chief said that nations who achieved height of progress and development was due to investment on human resources by imparting quality education especially vocational training and technical skills to their youth.
Nations make progress through education and instead of constructing roads and launching of mega projects, he added. “If a labour is equipped with proper technical education, he can earn thousands in a day which an ordinary worker earns in months. Similarly, if we made investment on youth and make engineers, they can earns millions and can immensely contribute in the development of the country.
“We need well educated work force including engineers, doctors, scientists, architects to contribute in the process of national development and these objectives can only be achieved by making huge investment on human resource development, education and skill training.
PTI Chairman cited the example of Singapore that according to him made progress because of making huge investment on education and vocational training. Imran Khan said around five decades ago, the annual per capita income of Pakistan and Singapor was same at around dollar 300. Whereas now, he continued, today Pakistan average per capita annual income is dollar 1500 whereas Singapore average annual income swelled to around dollar 50,000.
The industrial production of Pakistan, Imran went on to say, was equal to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand about 50 years ago while our export was more than these countries. Whereas, now our industrial production and export have declined due to menace of corruption while these countries moved upward because to long term proper planning and transparent utilization of resources.
Those who ruled Pakistan become richer while the country and its people become poorer because of massive corruption and misuse of public money, he added.
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