Web Desk (LTN NEWS): PM Shehbaz Sharif thanked his cabinet members and top government officials on Wednesday for making his trips to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Samarkand and the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York go well.
In his opening remarks at the cabinet meeting, the prime minister told the cabinet members about his participation in the SCO Summit and the bilateral meetings he had with the leaders of the member states, such as Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Central Asian leaders.
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He said that during the talks, gas and rail connections with Central Asia were talked about, and a task force was also set up to move things forward.
He also said that the flood situation was talked about a lot at the summit and brought up by the leaders.
PM thanked Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, State Minister Hina Rabbani, and Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman for their hard work and preparation.
He also said that Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb did a good job of getting Pakistan’s point of view across to the media.
When talking about his attendance at the UNGA session, the prime minister again praised the “outstanding performance” of the foreign minister and his diplomatic team, Sherry Rehman and Marriyum Aurangzeb.
Ishaq Dar has been the new finance minister for a few hours, and Prime Minister Shehbaz is also happy to see him. The prime minister called him an experienced politician and a successful finance minister, and he prayed for his success.
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In the same way, he praised the work of Pakistan’s former finance minister, Miftah Ismail, who saved the country from going bankrupt despite the fact that the previous government had done a bad job and wasn’t committed.
He said that the previous government lowered oil prices at a time when prices were at an all-time high. This increased the country’s foreign debt and broke an agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
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