04-14-2008, 12:00 AM
<b>Here comes the Super Giant Sized Begging Bowl</b>
<b>Foreign loans likely for economy upkeep : Kh Asif</b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->
ISLAMABAD : <b>Federal Petroleum Minister and Natural Resources Khawja Mohammed Asif said they came into the government at a time, when the national economy is standing on the verge of devastation and the foreign debts have scaled up to $45 billion.
Addressing the industrialists and traders at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry, <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>he said a large range of debts could be solicited to buttress the national economy.</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Khawja Mohammed Asif said the measures are being taken to curtail reliance on oil and create electricity through coal.
If the oil prices increase is inevitable in the next budget, then every effort will be made that a common man is saved from its impact.
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