Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday announced that the party workers across the country had been ordered to come out and protest against soaring inflation, saying that it was in Pakistan’s interest to go for early elections. Fawad said that even the release of funds from the International Monetary Fund could not help stabilise the rupee and bullion markets. Further, AML chief Rashid said elections were the only solution to the country’s problems as the incumbent government had failed and collapsed. Meanwhile, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said elections would take place on schedule as one-third of the country was submerged. Iqbal said the federal government was restoring the confidence of international organisations in Pakistan and “it will bring back economic prosperity”.

Source: The Express Tribune September 17, 2022 22:46 UTC