ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Saturday said, "Today, is a historic day, when an outdated, privileged and corrupt system based on nepotism and favoritism was defeated in the general election."

Addressing media, he said July 25, 2018, was a "historic day" in the country's democratic history as on that day the people of Pakistan joined hands to lay the foundation of a 'new thought process'.

The minister said the founders of the outdated system had only pursued their personal interests by ruining the national institutions and the economy.

He said when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came to power; the country was mired in the debt trap, and was facing serious economic difficulties and challenges.

Faraz said the nation under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan set off on the path of reforms with a new determination. He said the coronavirus pandemic was not only fought and contained but also the lives and livelihoods of the people were protected.

Faraz said the PTI government adopted a successful foreign policy, while vigorously highlighting the Kashmir issue at the international level.

He said a successful Kamyab Naujawan programme, uniform curricula, the Billion Tree Tsunami project, acceleration in work of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, start of construction of dams, and the housing project for low-income people were the beginning of a new journey of development in the country.

The minister said the struggle for the progress and prosperity of the country would continue under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020