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Pakistan PM Imran Khan says rising foreign debt a 'national security' issue

  He said that due to lack of resources the government had little to spend on the welfare of the masses Pakistan Prime Minister  Imran Khan  said on Tuesday that the rising foreign debts coupled with low tax recovery had become a “national security” issue because government did not have enough resources to spend on people’s welfare. Our biggest problem is that we don’t have enough money to run our country due to which we have to borrow loans, Khan said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the Track and Trace System (TTS) of the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) for the sugar industry in Islamabad. He said that due to lack of resources the government had little to spend on the welfare of the masses. Khan said that the rising foreign debts and low tax revenue had become an issue of “national security”. He lamented that the prevailing culture of not paying taxes was a legacy of the colonial period when people disliked to pay taxes as their money was not spent on them… Re...

Must engage with Taliban, incentivise them on women's rights: PM Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the international community must engage with the Taliban and “incentivise” them on issues such as women’s rights and an inclusive Afghan government Pakistan Prime Minister  Imran Khan  has said the international community must engage with the Taliban and “incentivise” them on issues such as women’s rights and an inclusive Afghan government to prevent the conflict-torn nation from ending up in chaos. Speaking to CNN from his private Bani Gala residence in Islamabad on Wednesday, Khan said that Afghanistan was on a historic crossroads. He asserted that the best way forward for peace and stability in the war-torn country is to engage with the Taliban, which seized Kabul last month. “The Taliban hold all of Afghanistan and if they can sort of now work towards an inclusive government, get all the factions together,   Afghanistan   could have peace after 40 years,” he said. “But if it goes wrong (in Afghanistan), and which is wha...