how come you ask for evidence but don't provide any when asked? never mind, I know why - you don't have any.
Anyway, here's your minister admitting the begging bowl thing.
I don't want to insult any country, especially poor countries such India, Pakistan, BD etc. Their fundamental poverty was originally brought on by plundering foreigners and subsequently by exploding populations. It is a shame though that these countries clammer around calling each other poor.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1510786
Breaking the begging bowl
Making the economy stand on its own feet to avoid going to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) again and again for balance-of-payments support has been one of the elusive goals for most civilian and military governments.
Former premier Shaukat Aziz even claimed to have broken the begging bowl. This government also claims to have this laudable objective, but things appear to be moving in a different direction......