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He said that he would come up to the expectations of President Asif Ali Zardari who reposed confidence in his abilities.

He said that the govt would devise a special strategy to alleviate poverty from the country and would increase annual growth rate by promoting agriculture and industry, adding, that special steps would be taken to promote agricultural sector.

He said the new strategy would keep special focus on increasing national exports and decreasing imports by enhancing dependence on the domestic products to save foreign reserves more and more.

‘We can afford decline in annual economic growth rate but no increase in national imports’, he added.

He said on his return from the US visit, he would help restore the confidence of the investors to assure them that the economic reforms would continue and no basic change would be made in the economic policies of the country.

He said not only the local, but also the foreign investors would be taken into confidence to establish the fact that the govt was business-friendly.

‘The govt is striving to resolve all the issues confronting the local industry and it would welcome the positive suggestions and recommendation from the business community in this regard’, he added.

The Advisor said that Pakistan was not facing that financial crisis like some other countries because our banking system was on sound footing.