Speaking in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan had no doubt that India was behind yesterday's attempted attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) in Karachi.
'What happened in Mumbai, they wanted to do the same in Karachi. They wanted to spread uncertainty. We have no doubt that India has done this.'
The Prime Minister said that our neighboring country has a grand plan to destabilize Pakistan. 'Our intelligence agencies are very vigilant and it is because of their efforts that two terrorist attacks in and around Islamabad were stopped,' he said.
He praised a police sub-inspector and three security guards who foiled the attack as Pakistan's heroes and lost their lives. 'They made sacrifices and thwarted a major incident, which India had planned to destabilize us,' he said.
He added that the attackers had large quantities of ammunition and wanted to take them hostage. 'My cabinet and its ministers know that all our agencies were on high alert. They paid tribute to the security agencies and said,' 'We were fully prepared that this was a great victory for us.'
At the beginning of his speech, the Prime Minister thanked his team for their efforts, which led Parliament to approve the 2020-21 budget yesterday. 'There was a lot of speculation that a lot could happen.
If you watched TV you would think this is our last day.' 'I want to thank my government because Chief Whip Amir Dogar gave me full information about what we have achieved,' he said, referring to fears that the budget would not be approved. And what an improvement we have made. I also thank my minorities and the way they have participated.
Prime Minister Imran said he and his finance team knew how difficult the budget was and that the government had to increase its revenue target from Rs 1,000,000 billion to Rs 99 billion. 'We were on our way and we had 17% reserves but as soon as the Covid-19 came, it affected all the economies, so the direct result was that our target was to be revised to Rs 3,900 billion.'
We have a shortfall of one trillion rupees, he said, adding that no country, including Pakistan, has been able to measure the impact of the coronavirus lockdown on the economy.
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