Ahsan Iqbal (Minister for Planning): Continuity of policies is essential to take the country forward in all fields. During the seventy five years history of Pakistan, many opportunities of development came but crashed. Failure of continuity of policies due to political instability denied economy the chance of an export-led growth. Pakistan lagged behind many countries of the world that turned their exports into a power machine of growth. Turkey had exports worth 50 billion dollars in year 2000 which crossed the mark of 280 billion dollars in two decades’ time. Pakistan’s exports that were 10 billion dollars in 2000 that reached to a paltry figure of 20 billion dollars in twenty years. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif again emphasized today the need of having a national dialogue and avoiding disruption and polarization in society. A national charter of economy is direly needed so that political change in the country could not affect economic policies. Pakistan is among the lucky few countries that are blessed with natural resources including fertile land, four seasons, water, coastlines, and minerals and most importantly the hard working manpower. We must remember that any person who tries to create disruption in the country is doing so to destroy the economy at the behest of outsiders.