Opposition terms two years of PTI government an unmitigated disaster
Imran Khan's mismanagement of national affairs has increased woes of masses manifold: Shehbaz
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday has said that first two years of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government have been an unmitigated disaster.
The PML-N leader took to social-networking website Twitter and posted that from foreign policy to economy to governance, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s mismanagement of national affairs has increased the woes of the masses manifold.
2 years of PTI government have been an unmitigated disaster. From foreign policy to economy to governance, IK’s mismanagement of national affairs has increased the woes of the masses manifold. People continue to pay heavy price for this failed experiment in political engineering.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) August 18, 2020
“People continue to pay heavy price for this failed experiment in political engineering,” he added.
The PML-N stated that in two years of PTI government, GDP growth rate registered a massive decline from +5.8% in 2018 to -0.45% in 2020, rendering millions of people jobless and pushing many more below the poverty line.
In 2 years of PTI government: GDP growth rate registered a massive decline from +5.8% in 2018 to -0.45% in 2020, rendering millions of people jobless & pushing many more below the poverty line. Prices of sugar, wheat & medicines almost doubled. Per capita income went down steeply
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) August 18, 2020
Prices of sugar, wheat and medicines became almost doubled while per capita income went down steeply, he added.
Shehbaz Sharif wrote, “After 70 years, India had the audacity to annex Kashmir after Imran Khan hoped PM Narendra Modi would win elections. Work on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) slowed down for a year.”
Failure in critical areas of foreign policy could not be starker. After 70 years, India had the audacity to annex Kashmir after IK hoped Modi would win elections. Work on CPEC was slowed down 4 a year. Relationship with key allies such as Saudi Arabia was subjected to controversy
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) August 18, 2020
Meanwhile, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that being two years in power, PM Imran has given the worst economy in country’s history.
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Foreign policy failures from Kashmir to Saudi Arabia, ineffective democracy and human rights sufferings have also been gifted by PTI government, he added.
2 years in power & @ImranKhanPTI has given us the worst economy in our country’s history, foreign policy failures from Kashmir to Saudi, democracy & human rights suffering , unemployment at an all time high, transparency international has said corruPTIon is higher than before.
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) August 18, 2020
Bilawal Bhutto further said that unemployment was at an all time high in these two years whereas transparency international has also said corruption is higher than before.
