Check graft, population to eradicate poverty: Speaker

Speaker Abdul Hamid Star Online Report

Speaker Abdul Hamid on Sunday said poverty reduction is not possible unless corruption and growing population are in control.
He was speaking as the chief guest at a discussion on the role of municipalities in reducing poverty at city's Cirdap auditorium in the morning.
The speaker also viewed that the interest rate for the micro-credit programmes carried out by the NGOs should be reduced, terming them high.
Hamid also called on everybody to prevent corruption to eradicate poverty from the country.