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Finance minister says economy has to grow by 7-8% per year to accommodate new job-seekers
Shaukat Tarin says debt not good but necessary to fund high fiscal deficit
Says power sector is a big challenge for the country
Proposal to increase tax on fertiliser, import of crude oil under review
Circular debt declining and PTI government to take more steps to further reduce it, says finance minister
Monetary, fiscal initiative to help sustain economic growth in wake of Covid pandemic
Minister says taxpayers won't be burdened with more taxes; 'tax thieves will be put in jails
Finance minister says import of wheat, pulses led to price hiker
Tarin supports proposal to give subsidised energy to five export sectors
Finance minister also downplays controversy over the provisional economic growth rate of 3.94%