Sheikh Rashid criticises the government for making inconsistent remarks about the IMF accord.

RAWALPINDI – Sheikh Rashid, a veteran politician, claimed on Monday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s and his cabinet colleagues’ views on the IMF accord were inconsistent.

While wondering if they were managing the nation or a market, he said that the ministers believed the anti-US narrative was the cause for not finishing the deal.

Simultaneously, the Awami Muslim League (AML) head said that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had stated that the IMF was playing politics and that he did not care what the international lender had to say.

However, the prime minister said that they would sign a paper this month and that the public would be brought into confidence if this was not the case, the former interior minister continued.

وزراکہتےہیں امریکہ مخالف بیانیہ کی وجہ سےIMFکامعاہدہ نہیں ہورہاوزیراعظم کہتےہیں اس مہینے میں ہوجائےگااگرنہ ہواتوقوم کواعتماد میں لیں گےوزیرخزانہ کہتے ہیںIMFسیاست کررہاہےاسکی پرواہ نہیں یہ ملک چلارہےہیں یاآڑھت منڈی عوام کو2وقت کی روٹی نہیں مل رہی وہ حکمرانوں کی باتوں میں نہیں آرہے

— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) June 12, 2023

Mr Rashid asserted in a series of tweets that the public was not duped by their claims. He projected that the coalition administration will hold elections using the May 9 events as a narrative.

The AML chairman said that no decision had been taken as to which party would be the true king’s party, and that the PPP had been unable to attract any major names [induct prominent political personalities into the party].

He said that scaring expatriates would further reduce remittances and that the budget was completely contradictory to the reality.

Mr Rashid believed that Almighty Allah and the court will save the nation from its current political quagmire, since the biryani-based rallies [a reference to the public meetings attended by Maryam Nawaz] would be ineffective.