Islamabad, Aug 20 (UNI) Pakistan’s new prime minister, Imran Khan, has appealed to the rich to start paying taxes and said the country will begin an austerity drive to reduce debt, a campaign he will kickstart by selling his office’s fleet of bulletproof cars.
In his first address to the nation as premier on Sunday, Khan set out his vision for a “new Pakistan” and spoke at length about the need to reshape the country by introducing an Islamic welfare system, reducing poverty and slashing high debt levels, said a report in The Guardian.
“We have formed a bad habit of living on loans and aid from other countries,” said Khan, speaking under a portrait of his hero and Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. “No country can prosper like this. A country must stand on its own feet.”