ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the nation was bearing the brunt of the misdeeds and wrong policies of the previous rulers, who had plundered the country and treated it even worse than enemies.
In a meeting with a delegation of business community held at the PM Office, the prime minister said that one could judge the volume of corruption by the fact that the billions of rupees were being discovered from the bank accounts of cart vendors, students and even dead people.
The prime minister told the businessmen that the country was going through difficult economic situation as the previous governments not only overburdened the country with excessive debts besides spoiling the institutions.
He said currently the institutions like Steel Mills, PIA and Pakistan Railways were facing losses worth billions of rupees.
The business delegation assured the prime minister of their support to help succeed his endeavor for ‘New Pakistan ‘besides steering the country out of economic crisis.
The delegation of the businessmen handed over cheques to the prime minister worth Rs91.9 million for the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Prime Minister Fund for Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand dams.
Among those who presented the cheque included the representatives and office bearers of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Rawalpindi, Sarhad, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Lahore chambers of commerce and industries, Sialkot International Airport, Orient Electronics, Korangi Association, Guard Group, Muhammad Arif Yousuf Jeewa, Engineer Haji Daru, Deen Group and Sitara group.
Meanwhile, President National Bank of Pakistan also called on the prime minister and handed over a cheque worth Rs19.5million for dams fund.
