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A 'moderate economic stability' has been achieved by the interim government after inheriting a fragile state left last August by the ousted government and reforms are expected to pay off by February, before the polls.
Government high-ups Tuesday made these observations at a press briefing, where Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed narrated metaphorically how the economy is passing through healing process from intensive care unit.
The economy has started shifting from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) and soon would be in ward, he said, adding that it would return home once the ongoing overhauling is well over.
Though the growth rate for economy was 3.97 per cent, as per provisional estimation, in the last fiscal year, it is expected to grow above 5.0 or up to 5.5 per cent this year, he said at the press meet organised at the Ministry of Finance on the economic progress in the last one year of their rule.
The finance adviser hopes the political parties may not oppose financial reforms as they might not be willing to inherit a fragile economy.
"I have told politicians that if you create obstacles to this work, the consequences will fall on your government," he said.
On banking sector, the custodian of exchequer under the interim government assured that no depositors would lose their deposits in banks.
He said disclosing the details on bank mergers or reconstitution may leave negative impact on depositors as it has a domino effect.
Dr Ahmed said the government's effort to bring back stolen assets has a signaling effect to alert money launders on aftereffects of the misconduct.
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