Pledges of $9bn made at Geneva Conference great victory of Pakistan: PM

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the pledges of nine billion dollars made at Geneva Conference on Monday are a great victory of Pakistan. He was addressing the members of Pakistani delegation in Geneva on Tuesday. The Prime Minister said credit of this success goes to the team of Pakistan comprising cabinet members, envoys and other officials who worked with the sincerity of purpose.

Shehbaz Sharif said the whole world saw for itself the demonstration of unity by Pakistan on a foreign land. He said the provinces were also taken along and they were encouraged to present their case at the moot. Shehbaz Sharif said the real challenge now is to materialize these pledges into action. He said some amounts will provide us the budgetary support but a major chunk of the pledges will go to the projects. He said we will have to enhance our technical expertise and deliver on the ground with the same spirit of teamwork.