Iran Press/Asia: According to Associated Press, Imran Khan promised reforms across all fields and added "I want to see Pakistan a great country" with social services for the poor."
Khan pointed to the growing divide between the rich and poor and said he would adopt austerity measures to relieve the strain on the economy and tackle the country's foreign debt, over $95 billion.
"The interest that we have to pay on our debt has reached a level that we have to take on more debt just to repay our obligations," said Khan, calling on Pakistanis abroad to save their money in the country's banks during this financial crunch.
Khan added that his government will also reform the police, health and education sectors, referring to his party's successes in those fields in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Khan spoke only briefly on foreign policy. "We will keep good relations with all countries; we want peace as without it no progress and development is possible," he said.
mran Khan has been as sworn in as Pakistan's new prime minister on Saturday after his party's victory in last month's election.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has declared victory in Pakistan's recently general elections against the party of jailed ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif amid accusations of vote rigging.
"This will be the first government that will not carry out any political victimization," Khan, 65, said in a televised speech from his house near the capital Islamabad as a partial count gave him a commanding lead.
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