PM says will announce five-year economic plan soon

Referring to the economic challenges, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday he would soon announce a five-year homegrown economic programme for the revival of the national economy. “The ‘Home-Grown Economic Program’ would envisage measures to boost the country’s economy by uplifting agriculture, information technology and other untapped sectors,” the prime minister said, addressing the launching ceremony of the Buna-Raast connectivity project in Islamabad. He said broad parameters for the programme had already been finalised through months-long deliberations with the stakeholders. “Great work has gone into it. By next week or so, we will finalise it. I will go to the people to announce the programme for the next five years,” he remarked. Highlighting the challenges of reforms in the FBR and power sector, Shehbaz said he was personally monitoring the FBR’s digitisation and that the government was hopeful of positive outcomes of power sector reforms.