Pakistan following China to eradicate poverty: Imran Khan

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that his government is following measures taken by the Chinese government to bring their people out of poverty.

Addressing a ceremony here, the prime minister said that the ultimate goal of all the steps taken by his government is to eliminate poverty.

“We are making policies to give incentives to industrialists and people involved in textile sector, our motive is to let people make money so that they can produce job opportunities and help people get out of poverty, like China did.”

He said that China created wealth by industrialisation and later utilised it to uplift the lower strata of the society, adding that like China, his government’s main focus is to eliminate poverty by investing in the people living below poverty line.