PTI’s Qureshi rejects budget, calls for Ishaq Dar’s resignation,
MULTAN (Dunya News) – PTI vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday said the International Monetary Fund has no trust in Ishaq Dar so he should step down as finance minister forthwith.
Talking to media persons in Multan, he said that the IMF had rejected the budget. The government has imposed Rs215 billion more taxes. The budget that will be voted on will be the new finance bill.
He said the burden of additional taxes, amounting to Rs215 billion, has been imposed on the public. The PTI leader added that the budget presented to the nation is something else while the budget to be approved will be something else entirely. Qureshi squarely blamed the finance minister for the economic turmoil, citing wrong policies that are adversely affecting Pakistan.
Calling for immediate action, Qureshi urged Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to resign, asserting that it is the desire of the people. IMF has no confidence in the financial czar and that he should resign immediately, he added. He also hinted that the upcoming election will reveal the commitment of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to upholding the constitution.
During his media interaction, Qureshi also touched upon the May 9 incident, expressing concern over the arrest of innocent PTI leaders and supporters in false cases. He made an appeal, particularly keeping in mind the approaching Eid festival, requesting the release of workers who were not involved in the May 9 incident.
Mr Shah said, “No one goes to buy death by paying Rs3 million, there was no water facility in the ship. People died of thirst. Steps should be taken that such incidents must not happen in future.” PTI’s vice chairman further said that this was not a new issue. Human-trafficking had been going on for a long time which must be stopped.
“I have risen above the politics of posts and tickets. I am currently doing the politics of ideology and stick to ideology,” he said.
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