Submerged in the financial crisis, Pakistanis pressuring its people to reduce tea consumption. Pakistani Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal appealed to the public to minimise the use of tea and said the move would help the government reduce import spending. Let us tell you that the government of Pakistan is importing tea by taking loans, so it wants that the import expenditure on it should be reduced.
Pakistan imported tea worth over $600 million last year
According to the BBC report, the Federal Minister for Planning, Ahsan Iqbal has said that it is possible to cut Pakistan's high import bills by drinking fewer cups a day. Pakistan is the largest importer of tea in the world and last year imported more than $600 million worth of tea.
Social media video daunting the country's prestige :
The request for tea reduction has gone viral on social media, with many doubting the country's serious financial problems can be addressed by cutting out the beverage.
Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves continuously simmering down:
Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves dropped from around $16 billion in February to less than $10 billion in the first week of June, barely enough to cover the cost of two months of all its imports.Last month, officials in Karachi restricted the import of dozens of non-essential luxury items as part of their bid to protect funds.
Minister vowed that previous Governments responsible for such economic conditions:
Iqbal said that 'former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party have destroyed the country's economy and accepted their crime saying that our government has come to this power and is stuck on all these crises.' According to the media, Iqbal has accused the economy of the previous government of Pakistan of the crisis in his economic conditions.