MUZAFFARABAD, (Parliament Times): Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan said on Friday that despite worst economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the world over including Pakistan and AJK, the State Government successfully achieved its tax collection target in AJK with surplus volume. He was talking to a delegation of his party in AJK’s capital city.
Haider said that economic indicators around the world including Pakistan were in Negative Trend but the AJK Government emerged self sufficient economically, he asserted. The Prime Minister said that it was possible due to the transfer of financial and administrative powers from Azad Jammu Kashmir Council to the AJK Government. He said that his government was taking all possible steps for socio-economic progress and prosperity the people of the state and the government has taken series of steps to this direction for the well being of the masses. The Prime Minister asserted that due to merit policy adapted by the government, more than seven thousand talented youngsters were employed in various state functionaries through NTS in AJK.
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