President urges nation not to pay heed to propaganda

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said the Pakistan-China Corridor was the only way of achieving economic stability and urged the nation not to pay heed to the propaganda against its construction.
The president expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of businessmen from Lahore here at the Aiwan-e-Sadar. The president said the Pak-China Economic Corridor would open up massive opportunities of employment in the country.
He said the whole nation should support this project and asked the businessmen and traders to play their role in strengthening the national economy. He said the country could make progress if solid steps were taken for its development and an improvement was made in the tax system.
The president said that there was a need to simplify the tax system for the non-corporate sector. He urged the nation to support the government in the elimination of corruption and reject corrupt elements in the society.
He expressed his satisfaction over the fact that no scandal of corruption had surfaced at the government level during the last three years. The president said the business community was the backbone of the country and the government was taking steps to overcome the energy crisis and improve the law and order situation.