The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has extended support to the government in its development projects. ADB president Takehiko Nakao assured Financial Minister Ishaq Dar that ADB was more than willing to give Pakistan a helping hand. He also said that Pakistan had the potential to become a robust economy in the next few years with high growth, low inflation, employment opportunities and infrastructure development.
At the annual ADB meeting in Astana the ADB President said that he would visit Pakistan in September to further enhance cooperation with Pakistan in the light of bank’s new strategy for enhancing resources to meet the needs of its developing member countries.
The ADB President commended the Pakistan government’s efforts to bring economy back on the right track by implementing structural reforms and stabilization measures in less than a year.
For the ADB to appreciate Pakistan’s efforts should be a morale booster for us and we should work to further improve our economic policies. With the help of our global partners we can do even better in terms of turning around the economy. We need to make serious efforts to safeguard our future and let us hope the present PML-N government can do so.
AMJAD KHAN
Lahore
