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WB to continue to finance development projects in Pakistan

 

 

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that Pakistan is stepping up to a higher level of growth and better opportunities for economic prosperity of the people.

He was talking to World Bank Country Director Pochumuthu Illangovan and other senior officials. He said the government after having achieved macroeconomic stability is actively pursuing economic growth and employment generation.

Pochumuthu Illangovan said the World Bank would continue to finance different projects in Pakistan to further strengthen cooperation.

Meanwhile, in an interview, the finance minister has said the government has achieved its targets of revenue collection till the third quarter of the current fiscal year.

He said the government collected Rs 297 billion revenue against the set target of Rs 230 billion from January to March this year showing a growth of about 20 per cent. Ishaq Dar said maximum relief would be given to the masses in the upcoming budget.

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