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Economy in right direction & reforms bearing fruit, claims PM Imran

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the country's economy is heading in the right direction.

In a tweet on Tuesday, he said the government's economic reforms have started bearing fruit.

Alluding to different economic indicators, Imran Khan said Pakistan's current account turned into surplus in October this year for the first time in four years.

He said our current account deficit for the first four months of current fiscal year has fallen by 73. 5 percent compared to the same period last fiscal year.

The Prime Minister said the country's exports of goods and services in October this year up by 20 percent over previous month and 9.6 percent over October 2018.

Congratulating the exporters, Imran Khan encouraged them to do more to boost the country's exports.