Ahsan Iqbal holds PTI Chief responsible for inflation, economic crisis

Narowal:  Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday that the nation was witnessing inflation and economic crisis due to imprudent policies of the previous PTI-led government.

Addressing workers' convention in Narowal on Sunday, he said PTI Chairman Imran Khan signed agreement with the International Monetary Fund on hard terms and conditions.

The Minister said that Pakistan Muslim League-N put the country on right track during its previous tenure under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, and the country was rapidly progressing in 2018.

Earlier in the day,Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says fiscal discipline is inevitable for prosperity of the country and only then can democracy be stabilized.

Addressing concluding session of two-day Bacha Khan Conference in Islamabad on Sunday, he said we have to get rid of reliance on foreign aid. He said late Bacha Khan had also promoted the concept of utilizing domestic sources instead of the imported ones.

Ishaq Dar said we must learn to uphold the dignity of our country in the comity of nations. He urged all political forces to join hands to steer the county out of current economic crisis.

The Finance Minister eulogized the services of great Pashtun leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan famously known as Bacha Khan.  Referring to Bacha Khan's Khudai Khidmatgar movement, the Finance Miniter said the concept is still relevant as politics should be for the service of people.

Earlier, former Prime Minister and Pakistan People's Party leader Senator Yusuf Raza Gillani called for abidance by Constitution for supremacy of law and strengthening of democracy in the country.