Govt violates constitution for dealing with IMF, claims Bilawal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s deal with International Monitory Fund (IMF) would be unconstitutional if it does not take the Parliament into confidence.

“The government has to inform Parliament under Debt Limitation Act, 2005 if total debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio exceeds 60 percent of the GDP. PPP knows better how to run the economy of the country,” Bilawal Bhutto expressed these views while talking to media in-front of Parliament on Thursday.

He said that the people are drowning in a tsunami of inflation due economic polices of the government. The PPP chairman said that in every industry there is unemployment. Inflation has risen so much that life has become difficult for common people, farmers and workers.

He said that the PTI government is going to introduce tax amnesty scheme which is only relief to the rich people what can give this scheme to the poor?

The PPP leader said that government has increased the prices of medicines, petroleum products and gas. "How can this government say inflation is not an issue? Inflation is worrisome for every Pakistani and it is the government's responsibility to provide relief to people," Bilawal said.

Bilawal said that if the PTI government does not give relief to the people in coming  budget-20219-20 then the people will come out on streets themselves,"

Answering a question, the PPP Chariman said that said Prime Minister Imran Khan is "only insulting himself" when he passes comments such as 'sahiba'.