Islamabad:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan confirmed on Friday that he had sent a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demanding that it conduct an audit of the election results before approving any new loan to approve. for Islamabad, The News International reported.
“The letter has been written to the IMF and will be sent today. If the country gets a loan in such a situation, who will repay it?” PTI leader told the media during a hearing on the reference of P190 million in Adiala jail.
The former prime minister warned that the loan would lead to more poverty and increase the country's burden.
According to the News International report, Khan's update on the letter comes a day after PTI Senator Ali Zafar announced that the party's founder had decided to write a letter to the global lender, urging him to call for a audit of the February 8 elections before continuing talks with the party. Islamabad for a new loan program.
However, the IMF today expressed its willingness to work with the new Pakistani government and ignored its demand, the news report said.
Meanwhile, former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the letter has no significance, adding that if the PTI founder has written anything against the national interest of the country, it is condemnable.
“Writing anything for personal gain is shameful. The letter from the founder of PTI will not have any significance,” Dar, a senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), told media outside the Punjab Assembly.
Pakistan last year secured a $3 billion short-term program from the IMF that helped avoid a sovereign debt default. It expires next month and securing a new and much larger one is widely seen as the priority for the new government, Geo News reported.
Now that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and their allies have struck a deal to form a coalition government, the PTI and some other political parties have rejected the elections altogether and announced national elections . protests.
Imran Khan's party has demanded that election results be declared on the basis of Form 45 – the results of a single polling station instead of Form 47 – the consolidated results of a constituency, as the party alleged that votes were tampered after its independent candidates had won a simple election. majority in the National Assembly.
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