The former prime minister dissected the nation’s mini-budget and slammed the federal government for burdening the general public with extra inflation.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 15, 2023 20:32 IST
Pakistan’s scenario will change into extra fragile, Imran Khan warned (Photo: Twitter)
By India Today Web Desk: The scenario in Pakistan is like treating most cancers with disprin, former Prime Minister Imran Khan mentioned on Wednesday. The nation is in the identical place as Sri Lanka was (earlier than the latest civil unrest), the PM mentioned.
“Pakistan’s situation is like this – cancer is being treated with disprin. Pakistan is plunging into more chaos and is at the same place where Sri Lanka was,” Khan mentioned.
“The situation will become more fragile,” he warned.
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“Global rating agency Fitch has downgraded Pakistan’s foreign default rating to ‘CCC-‘, which means we have reached the level of Sri Lanka,” he mentioned.
The former prime minister dissected the nation’s mini-budget. “The mini-budget will burden the public with more inflation. The only solution to the country’s problems is elections,” Khan mentioned, slamming the present political dispensation.
“The inflation marchers have increased the price of flour, ghee, dal, chicken and other essential items many folds,” he mentioned, including, “We all have to fight together as one nation for true freedom because the chains of slavery never fall automatically. The chains have to be broken.”
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar immediately tabled the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 – the “mini-budget” – within the National Assembly and Senate because the nation sought to fulfill the preconditions to unlock the over $1 billion International Monetary Fund bailout.
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Feb 15, 2023
