Pakistan officials explain "drink less tea province foreign exchange": we are importing tea as loans

[Global Times Reporter Zhang Yingying] Pakistan's planning to develop Minister Ahssan Ikbar called on the public to drink less tea to alleviate the urgency of foreign exchange shortages and triggers controversy in the country.British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on the 14th that Ikbal said in a public speech on the 14th: "I call on everyone to drink one or two cups of tea because we are importing tea as a loan." He also suggested that 20 a day 20 a day.Time to close the market booth to save electricity.

It is reported that Ikbar's speech aroused the dissatisfaction of many netizens. Some people questioned whether the country's economic problems could be solved by drinking less tea.Pakistan is the world's largest tea importer and imported more than $ 600 million in tea last year.The country's foreign exchange reserves were about $ 16 billion in February, and the first week of June had dropped to less than $ 10 billion.

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