Summary He demanded the government to summon a session of the National Assembly on emergency basis
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Senator Saleem Mandviwalla of Pakistan People’s Party has said on Saturday that the military, for the first time, commented on the economic conditions of Pakistan which is true and finance minister Ishaq Dar should resign.
Mandviwalla and Dr Asim Hussain addressed a press conference in Karachi today and criticised the economic policies of the government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
The senator said that it has never happened in the history of Pakistan that World Bank refused to convene a meeting with the finance minister. He rhetorically asked what purpose do interior minister has to participate in meeting of the International Monetary Fund.
He demanded the government to summon a session of the National Assembly on emergency basis.
Mandviwalla said that a security department has realised that the government has failed but not the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
He claimed that the World Bank has warned that Pakistan is going under in the coming four years.
The senator warned that China could pull the plug if no other country wishes to invest in Pakistan. Mandviwalla said that
On the occasion, Dr Asim Hussain said that the government criticises departments in case authorities confront the leaders on their failed policies. He asserted that the incumbent government has pocketed the highest loans in the history of Pakistan.
Dr Hussain said that steel mills were shut in present government’s tenure and planes of the national carrier were sold off as well.
