Tarar Recognizes Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Status, Urges Constructive Dialogue in Parliament”
ISLAMABAD; Attaullah Tarar got into a rare public exchange with former leaders of the ruling PML-N Miftah Ismail and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi regarding the issue of taxation in budget 2024-25.
In a joint presser, the pair took aim at the government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stating that “such a budget is not going to do any good.”
After leaving his position as senior vice president of the PML-N last year, former PM Abbasi attacked the government’s decision to increase the taxes on the working class while mentioning that the country would not make any progress unless the elites are brought under the tax net.”
“No reform agenda is included in the (recent) budget.” The former premier said all the ruling coalition parties were responsible for presenting the tax-laden budget.
Abbasi added that the coalition parties should act to stop the government imposing harsh taxes on the masses while highlighting that the inability or rather culpability of government for not taxing the tobacco sector.
Information Minister Tarar, as expected, clapped back at the former PML-N leaders for their ‘distortion of facts’.
“Two of our former colleagues presented false statistics,” he said.
He added, “Nawaz Sharif made Shahid Khaqan Abbasi the PM of the country and he was part of every government of the PML-N.”
He added that both Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismael have not read the budget document meticulously.
He said the PM has not been taking his salary and perks to support the ailing economy in this hour of difficulty while highlighting that they both should also applaud the good deeds of government.
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He also satirically asked a question, that whether they both have reservations that government’s efforts have reduced inflation.
Tarar has said that the solution to all problems in politics is negotiations, the next general elections will be held in 2029 at its scheduled time.
Reacting to the press conference of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, he said that the JUI chief is a senior and respected politician. In the current situation, there should be politics in parliament instead of rhetoric.
He said that due to the better economic strategy of the government, the stock market is at a high level at the moment, while the trade deficit has reduced and the value of the rupee has also improved.
He said that foreign exchange reserves also increased due to the government’s initiatives, Fazlur Rahman should appreciate the government’s economic improvement initiatives.
It should be noted that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has demanded new elections while holding a press conference in Islamabad today.
He said that the election results of February 8 are not acceptable to us. Therefore, we will continue our movement against the interference of the establishment in the elections.
He said that the right to vote should be returned to the people in the new elections, and the establishment and our secret agencies should stay away in the new elections.
The JUI chief said that if PTI wants to negotiate, we will welcome it, but so far they lack unity.
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