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September 09 , 2022
Shehbaz Criticizes Imran for Exploiting Flood Crisis for Point-Scoring
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday lashed out at Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan for “exploiting the flood crisis for gaining political mileage and undermining Pakistan”.
The prime minister also referred to two reports of The Economist magazine that blamed former prime minister Imran Khan for blowing up a deal with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and exploiting the flood crisis for gaining political mileage.
“Two news stories published in globally respected The Economist have validated what we have been saying about Imran Niazi. In its latest issue, the magazine wrote that Niazi blew up the IMF deal and he is exploiting the disaster to score political points. He is out to undermine Pakistan,” the prime minister said in a tweet.
Later, speaking at a meeting with owners and editors of media houses, the prime minister said he had invited leaders of all political parties to strive together to overcome the disaster, but Mr Khan had opted to hold public meetings when one-third of the country was submerged under the flood water.
“He (Imran) has poisoned politics and now the nation has to decide where he is taking the country. Let us do politics after the crisis; first we have to save millions of our people and economy from flood and its devastation, after this we can do politics,” the prime minister said, adding that “this is the time for service, not politics”.
“We have numerous challenges: IMF conditions, oil and gas crisis and flood which all require combined efforts of all political parties and all segments of society to rid the country of these mega crises,” Mr Sharif said. - Dawn
Courtesy Dawn