Financial relief for common man is priority
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged religious scholars to play their due role for spreading mass awareness about cleanliness, righteousness and national unity to make Pakistan a great nation.
Addressing an Ulema and Mashaikh conference in Islamabad this evening, he said corruption is another important issue on which the Ulema should educate people to make this menace unacceptable in the society.
The Prime Minister said religious scholars have a pivotal role in building Pakistan as an Islamic welfare state as envisioned by the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
The Prime Minister said ensuring all the basic rights to every citizen and rule of law were the two main principles of the State of Madina.
Referring to the growth in the Scandinavian countries, he said these countries acted upon the principles practiced in the State of Madina, but we lagged behind for not paying due attention to them.
Imran Khan said unfortunately Islam was linked to terrorism in the West. He said Islam has nothing to do with extremism or terrorism, but it is a religion of peace. He said he has emphatically spoken against Islamophobia at international forums, including the United Nations and the OIC, and will continue raising voice in this regard
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the government was giving priority to the uplift of common man by providing them financial relief.
Addressing an Ulema and Mashaikh conference in Islamabad this evening, he said corruption is another important issue on which the Ulema should educate people to make this menace unacceptable in the society.
The Prime Minister said religious scholars have a pivotal role in building Pakistan as an Islamic welfare state as envisioned by the Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Prime Minister said ensuring all the basic rights to every citizen and rule of law were the two main principles of the State of Madina.
Referring to the growth in the Scandinavian countries, he said these countries acted upon the principles practiced in the State of Madina, but we lagged behind for not paying due attention to them.
Imran Khan said unfortunately Islam was linked to terrorism in the West. He said Islam has nothing to do with extremism or terrorism, but it is a religion of peace. He said he has emphatically spoken against Islamophobia at international forums, including the United Nations and the OIC, and will continue raising voice in this regard
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the government was giving priority to the uplift of common man by providing them financial relief.
The prime minister expressed these views while chairing a meeting of his economic team here that discussed ways to reduce prices of essential items and steps to provide relief to general public.
Imran Khan said poor and underprivileged segments of the society were most affected by financial difficulties, particularly the direct taxation.
He stressed on reducing the direct taxes to facilitate the common man.
He also directed his economic team to give proposals on reduction in taxes of imported food items.
The meeting was attended by federal ministers Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Asad Umar, Makhdoom Khusrau Bakhtiar, Advisers Abdul Razzak Dawood and Dr Ishrat Hussain; Governor State Bank Dr Reza Baqir, and PM's Special Assistants Dr Waqar Masood, Nadeem Babar, Tabish Gauhar and senior officials.
The meeting discussed ways to provide targeted subsidy to deserving families under Ehsaas socio-welfare programme.
