ISLAMABAD-UNS: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan warned on Wednesday that the inflation will spiral out of control in the country after passage of mini-budget.
Addressing the nation through video link on Wednesday, he said that Pakistan will remain stuck in the quagmire by accepting the conditions of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The PTI chairman said that the only solution to the country’s problems is free and transparent elections. He said that the incumbent government was violating the constitution as it was responsible to hold elections within 90 days of assembly dissolution. “We sacrificed our provincial governments for general elections,” he said, warning of default if elections are not held on time.
Imran Khan went on to say that the rulers are afraid that a government with public mandate will come into power, adding that they were trying to arrest and disqualify him. He also warned to move court if the government violates constitution.
“Pakistan’s situation is like this – cancer is being treated with disprin. Pakistan is plunging into more chaos and is at the same place where Sri Lanka was,” Khan said. “The situation will become more fragile,” he warned.
“Global rating agency Fitch has downgraded Pakistan’s foreign default rating to ‘CCC-‘, which means we have reached the level of Sri Lanka,” he said.
“The inflation marchers have increased the price of flour, ghee, dal, chicken and other essential items many folds,” he said, adding, “We all have to fight together as one nation for true freedom because the chains of slavery never fall automatically. The chains have to be broken.”
