‘No doubt’ India behind Pakistan Stock Exchange attack: PM Imran

ISLAMABAD: There is ‘no doubt’ that India is behind the attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange building that took place on Monday, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday.

The prime minister was addressing the National Assembly after opposition parties had walked out. The prime minister started his speech by paying tribute to the security guards who were martyred in the Karachi stock exchange attack.

PM Imran paid tribute to the soldiers who laid down their lives for the nation, took their names and said that they were “heroes of Pakistan”.

Touching upon the havoc wreaked by the coronavirus, the prime minister warned that the pandemic was far from over.

“We cannot exactly make a forecast about our tax collection in the coming years, although Hammad Azhar has come up with commendable policies and a financial plan,” said the premier.

Quoting Charles Dickens’ historic opening lines from ‘A Tale of Two Cities’, the prime minister said: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.

Building up on the notion, he said that the country has to make the best of these times by calculated and effective measures.

The PM lamented that all the sectors such as power, agriculture, steel mills, import and export were inherited in dismal condition from the former governments.

He said that the country cannot prosper until these sectors bring reforms, particularly the Pakistan International Airlines and Pakistan Steel Mills.

“For example PIA, which was known for its services around the world, has changed 10 executives in the past 11 years because of corruption and incapability of the institution,” said the prime minister.