ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Tuesday said prudent and farmers-friendly policies of the PPP led government has helped injection of Rs500 billion in the rural economy ultimately benefiting the farming community in the country.
"Due to our pro-farming policies and due payments of agriculture produce of the farmers specially in wheat production, Pakistan once an wheat importing country has now become an exporting country and we are self sufficient in wheat production", the Prime Minister said while addressing APP regularization certificate distribution ceremony to distribute letters among the contract and daily wages employees of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), here at the Prime Minister Secretariat today.
Highlighting the announcement of National Finance Commission (NFC) award, one of the achievements of the PPP led government, the Prime Minister said that due to this award the national economy in the country has not only strengthened but also improved the economic conditions of the provinces.
He added that due to the award the share of Balochistan province alone has increased from Rs40 billion to Rs140 billion and the share of other provinces have also increased in the same manner.
He added that ppp led government had made 150 percent increase in the salaries and pensions of the millions of the government employees.
He expressed the hope that 400 APP employees who have been regularized by the PPP government would also benefit and further improve the living conditions of their families as well.
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