ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan has won the confidence of foreign investors and international economic institutions for its realistic policies.
Addressing the foundation-laying ceremony of U
niversity of Health Sciences Kala Shah Kaku c
ampus, near Lahore on Sunday, he said that Pakistan has been declared a fast develop
ing economy.
He said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has provided Pakistan with a great opportunity to become a grow
ing economy. He said that the GDP stands at five percent mark today and i
t can touch seven to eight percent in the next few years through democratic stability.
Ahsan Iqbal said that the government has overcome
load-shedding to a great extent as the country faced eighteen to twenty hours
load-shedding in 2013.