Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that the government is determined to provide employment and fight in-equality.

He said this while virtually addressing the Ministers and Governors of Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Region of the IMF.

He said though there were fiscal constraints after the pandemic, but the government devised a strategy to provide whatever it could to its people and businesses by direct cash transfers.

The Adviser said the government is also sharing the load of various expenditures of the small businesses.

Hafeez Shaikh said there is a need to adopt a coherent strategy with the partner countries in the region for development.