Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Diamer Bhasha Dam will be the third largest dam in the history of Pakistan.
Addressing a public gathering after his visit to Diamer Bhasha Dam in Chilas, the Prime Minister said that nations develop when they think ahead, nations that make difficult decisions develop, this nation has never done much. Who are afraid of difficult decisions.
He said that big decisions make nations great and the third and most important thing is that nations develop that value their people, invest in them, spend on this class. Those who are left behind in the race of life.
Continuing his speech, he said that it is called human development that you work on the education of your human beings, their health, justice, rule of law, look at the history of the world and see the same nations in which it has progressed. Everything was there.
The Prime Minister said that a nation that is far-sighted becomes a great nation, look at the development of China, they have 30-year plans that are their great strength and that is why they are at the forefront of the world. Are
“Thirty years ago, no one could have imagined that China would develop so much. Other nations are terrified of the speed with which China is moving forward. When I went to China and talked to the Communist Party, I found out that The secret of their development is foresight.
Continuing his speech, he said that it was unfortunate that short-term decisions were taken here and emphasis was laid on the projects to be completed before the elections so that votes could be obtained by showing those plans in the next election.
Imran Khan said that Allah Almighty has blessed Pakistan with rivers, Pakistan is a country with 12 seasons (climate zones) from K2 to sea and we could generate electricity at the speed of rivers.
The Prime Minister said that when we initially developed, Tarbela and Mangla dams were built and Pakistan’s industry started to build on cheap electricity but in the 90’s when decisions were made to generate electricity on imported fuel, the first loss would have been this. That the current account goes into deficit.
He said that when the current account goes into deficit, ie less dollars come into the country and more go abroad, as soon as the deficit increases, the rupee starts falling. When the rupee started falling, the dollar was 5 rupees and today see where it has reached. Is.
Continuing, he said that when our government came, there was the largest current account deficit of ارب 20 billion in the history of Pakistan, which meant increasing pressure on the rupee, which increased the dollar and depreciated the rupee. ۔
The Prime Minister said that when we made wrong decisions ie imported furnace oil, it started putting pressure on our currency. As the rupee depreciates, the prices of imported goods start going up and inflation goes up.
He said that when inflation rises, the poorest people are affected, poverty starts increasing and the country does not have enough power to import goods and install machinery as everything becomes more expensive.