Lahore (DP News) United States\u2019 Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Bloom called on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at his Jati Umra residence. \u201cNawaz Sharif received US envoy Donald Bloom at Jati Umra,\u201d the PML-N said in a party statement. \u201cThe US ambassador and Nawaz Sharif exchanged views over the political and economic situation of Pakistan,\u201d according to statement. Sharif emphasized the importance of bilateral relations the US and Pakistan. He expressed hope that the people of Pakistan will vote to the PML-N in the upcoming general elections, the party stated. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz\u2019s supreme leader, who returned from self-exile in London on October 21, recently addressing the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that Pakistan\u2019s currency and economic system has devastated, and prices have increased by five-fold. \u201cIt is our responsibility and duty to emancipate the people from price hike and poverty.\u201d \u201cPeople want education, health facilities and development,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is their right, and it is responsibility of the state to provide these facilities,\u201d PML-N leader said. He claimed that Pakistan became the 24th largest global economy between 2013 to 2017. \u201cWe kept the US dollar static at Rs 104 rate for four years. The dollar would have dropped to Rs40 to 50 if our policies and development process were not interrupted,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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