Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said the New Year will be the beginning of the country’s “golden era” as he vowed to “wage jihad” against poverty, illiteracy, injustice and corruption in 2019.

His government also slashed petroleum prices which is billed a New Year gift. Petrol was reduced by Rs 4.86 per litre, setting the price at Rs 90.97 per litre, while price of high-speed diesel was slashed by Rs 4.26 per litre to fix it at Rs 106.68 per litre.

Khan took to micro-blogging site Twitter to greet people and share his New Year resolution with the countrymen.“Our New Year resolution is to wage jihad against the 4 ills of our country: poverty, illiteracy, injustice and corruption,” he said.

Khan’s government came to power in August riding on the pledge to create ‘Naya Pakistan’ but so far struggled to give any major relief to the public.

Its focus on accountability has already been receding into witch-hunt and the government was criticised by the Chief Justice on Monday for putting 172 people, including chief minister of Sindh province, on a no-fly list after a probe into fake accounts.

Similarly, a pledge to start constructing 5 million houses for low income groups in the first 100 days is nowhere in sight.“I pray that Pakistan continues on its path to progress so that [it] can be rid of poverty, hardship and unemployment,” he said.