Imran Khan terms PM's foreign visits 'waste of national wealth'

Imran Khan terms PM's foreign visits 'waste of national wealth'
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Summary The nation has awaken and 'new Pakistan' is inevitable, he said.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday termed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign visits a ‘wastage of national wealth’, saying that investments are brought by eliminating corruption and by creating stability and not merely by visiting foreign countries, Dunya News reported.

Addressing the ‘Azadi sit-in’ participants, Khan congratulated the sit-in participants upon completion of three months of the sit-in.

He alleged that Prime Minister is enjoying extravagant foreign visits on poor people’s money, adding that Sharif family members travel in different helicopters and aircrafts even if they have to travel to the same destination at the same time.

PTI chairman expressed the resolve of creating a new Pakistan, saying that the nation has changed.

 


PM Nawaz welcomed by German Chancellor


 

 

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday met German Chancellor Angela Merkel and invited her to visit Pakistan in the coming year. Prime Minister said that Pakistan and Germany will work together to root out terrorism, Dunya News reported.

Angela Merkel expressed the resolve to strengthen economic ties with Pakistan. She also hoped that the dialogue between Indian and Pakistan will improve.

Sharif and Merkel talked to a joint media conference after the meeting. Prime Minister said that Germany desires to invest in the energy sector in Pakistan and that the German Chancellor has assured of full cooperation to end the energy crisis in Pakistan.

Nawaz Sharif said that Germany is playing key role towards international peace under leadership of Angela Merkel. He said that he is thankful to German Chancellor for cooperation in the war against terrorism.

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