To save foreign exchange, the Pakistani government urges the people to drink less tea

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

According to BBC on the 14th, recently, the Pakistanic Planning and Reform Minister Ahssan Ikbar said that in view of the current shortage of foreign exchange reserves in the country, it is hoped that the public can reduce the number of tea drinking. Keep your economy. "

It is reported that Pakistan is the world's main tea importer, and the import amount of tea last year alone was as high as US $ 600 million. It is estimated that Pakistan's per capita consumption tea has exceeded one kilogram.

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However, the country's shortage of foreign exchange reserves can barely support the import of two months. The report pointed out that in February this year, the total amount of foreign exchange reserves in Pakistan was about 16 billion US dollars, and in March, it plunged more than 12 % in just three weeks. According to Bloomberg, as of June 2, the total amount of foreign exchange reserves in Pakistan has been less than $ 10 billion.

"Here, I call on everyone to drink one or two cups of tea a day, because our tea is mainly dependent on imports." Ikbar said.

In addition, he also said that he hoped that the shop's snooze time would be advanced to 8:30 pm to save electricity and energy.

In May of this year, Pakistani News, Pakistan, said at a press conference that Pakistan's Prime Minister Charpz Sheric was "working hard to stabilize the economy." In view of this, the government decided to ban the import of all non -luxury goods.

Orlangzer said that the current focus is on exports, and the government will have to reduce dependence on imports.

Pakistan is currently facing the economic crisis is a problem that the new government led by Charpz Shelef will focus on solving.

In April of this year, Charpz Sharif won 174 votes in the Parliament's Prime Minister's election and was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. At that time, Bloomberg analyzed that the new government led by it is more likely to obtain $ 3 billion loans from the International Monetary Fund to support Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves and currencies.

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