Pakistani Community in Malyasia should send remittances via legal channels: PM Khan
KAULA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged Pakistani community in Malaysia to send their remittances through legal channel in order to overcome the country’s financial crisis.
“If you will send your remittances through legal channels, it will help the country to overcome the financial problems,” he added. Pakistan is now facing big problem to pay installments of the loans and if once we overcome it, there would be a lot of opportunities of the investments and jobs, he claimed.
Addressing the Pakistani community in Kaula Lumpur, the prime minister, who is on two-day visit of Malaysia, highlighted the recent financial crunch facing the country. The prime minister said talks are underway with friendly countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to get funds for payment of loans’ installments.
“Government is trying to get as minimum loan as it could from the IMF,” he continued. He said that the current government’s priority is to get investments from abroad to guide country out of the present crises.
In a statement, the Malaysian Foreign Ministry said the two Prime Ministers – Mahathir Muhammad and Imran Khan – witnessed the signing ceremony after talks in Kuala Lumpur.
Besides, Pakistan and Malaysia had also agreed to enhance cooperation in various fields, including trade, privatization, investment, and food.
Lauding the steps taken by Malaysia to curb money laundering, the premier said that nobody could involve in money laundering here in Malaysia, which is quite unlike the case in Pakistan, “Malaysia is lucky to have a leader like, Mahathir Mohamad who rooted out the corruption from the country.
“We will make money laundering very difficult for people in Pakistan,” reiterated the PM.
Earlier today, Pakistan and Malaysia had signed an agreement on partial abolition of visa for travel between the two countries.
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