Bilawal Bhutto: ''GSP-Plus status a triumph of Asif Zardari’s policy of “Trade Not Aid”

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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Patron-In-Chief, Pakistan Peoples Party has hailed European Parliament’s decision to extend GSP-Plus facilities to Pakistan and termed it a triumph of former President Asif Ali Zardari’s “Trade Not Aid” policy, which People’s government vigorously pursued during its tenure that ended early this year.

With the fresh access to European market, Pakistan exports will earn a whooping amount estimated at Rs215 billion extra each year enabling the government to build thousands of schools and hospitals every year while created hundreds of thousands new job opportunities, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said in a Press statement Friday.

He eulogized the hard-work of PPP Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Ministers Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Hina Rabbani Khar and other team members spread over five years for lobbying and meeting the standards and criteria. “GSP-Plus status doesn’t come overnight. Behind it lay the great vision and foresight of former President Asif Ali Zardari and his team over the years,” he added.

PPP Patron-In-Chief pointed out that under directions of former president Asif Ali Zardari the PPP government had signed and ratified a number of conventions relating to human rights, labour rights and environment, lobbied at the highest level with countries of EU and set up special teams of experts and professionals in the ministries of commerce and foreign office to pursue the goal of GSP Plus status with the EU.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said PPP had always looked forward for the welfare of future Pakistan and its generations and always sacrificed its present for future generations. Instead of cosmetic schemes to lure the innocent people into debt traps, the PPP weaved long-term dreams for the economic prosperity of Pakistani masses. GSP-Plus status and the Pak-Iran Gas Pipleline are just a few landmark credits of the PPP’s last government at center, he concluded.