When leadership, ministers are corrupt, country goes bankrupt, says PM Khan

In his statement, Imran Khan said that “When low level officials take bribes it creates problems for the citizens as speed money is like a tax on them but countries get bankrupted and indebted when the head of state/govt and his ministers are corrupt.”

When low level officials take bribes it creates problems for the citizens as speed money is like a tax on them but countries get bankrupted and indebted when the head of state/govt and his ministers are corrupt. pic.twitter.com/hLPkSWMMvX

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 6, 2021

The Premier in a photo shared on Twitter stated that “distorts markets and equitable access to services, undercuts development efforts, contributes to national fragility, extremism and migration, and provides authoritarian leaders a means to undermine democracies worldwide.,”

“When leaders steal from their nations' citizens or oligarchs flout the rule of law, economic growth slows, inequality widens, and trust in government plummets.”

Earlier the day, Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday thanked China for offering support to step up cooperation in the restoration of the ecosystem to combat environmental challenges.

On his official Twitter handle, the premier thanked President Xi Jinping for his strong message on World Environment Day 2021 hosted by Pakistan reflecting Islamabad's commitment to counter environment degradation.

I thank 🇨🇳 President Xi’s strong message on World Environment Day 2021 hosted by 🇵🇰 reflecting our commitment to counter environment degradation. We laud Pres Xi's ldrship in combatting climate change & biodiversity loss & his offer to step up cooperation on ecosystem restoration

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) June 6, 2021

He also lauded the Chinese leadership in combatting climate change and biodiversity loss.

Khan wrote, “I thank President Xi’s strong message on World Environment Day 2021 hosted by 🇵🇰 reflecting our commitment to counter environment degradation”.

He further added, “We laud Pres Xi's leadership in combatting climate change & biodiversity loss & his offer to step up cooperation on ecosystem restoration”.

Chinese President, Xi Jinping said that China commends Pakistan's commitment to ecosystem restoration, and stands ready to work with Pakistan and the rest of the international community to step up cooperation within the UN framework.

Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appreciated Khan for undertaking a mega project of planting ten billion trees.

“It is a huge campaign for forestation,” he stated.

Executive Director UN Environment Programme, Inger Anderson said Pakistan is showing us a way. Prime Minister Imran Khan recently planted one billion trees of Ten Billion Tree Tsunami. Bravo to all.

Borge Brende, President Word Economic Forum congratulated Pakistan and stated that with these nature positive measures, Pakistan is showing to the world that it is possible to combine objectives of livelihood, resilience and ecological health.