April 10, 2019: Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain says the country's foreign debt from 2008 to 2018 increased substantially by sixty billion dollars reaching 97 billion dollars from 37 billion dollars.

In a tweet on Tuesday, the Minister said several mega projects were executed until 2008, which included development of Islamabad and construction of Tarbela and Mangla dams, naval bases, Gwadar and motorway besides equipping the armed forces with modern weapons.

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