Imran Khan has no knowledge of basics of economics, says Pak opposition ANI | Updated: Jun 04, 2021 14:26 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday slammed the federal government s economic policies for the last three years, saying that Prime Minister Imran Khan has no knowledge of the basics of economics and makes decisions in line with advice from his courtiers .
Addressing the opposition s pre-budget seminar, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi claimed that under the Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) government, over five million people have become unemployed, reported Geo News.
He also claimed that the PTI-led government has pushed 20 million people into poverty and has heavily burdened people by increasing the price of electricity by more than 62 per cent.
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Addressing a pre-budget seminar, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that as many as five million people have become unemployed during the three-year tenure of incumbent government. He said that the PTI-led government has pushed 20 million people into poverty and has heavily burdened people by increasing price of electricity by more than 62%.
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Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (upper left), former finance minister Miftah Ismail (upper right), former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair (bottom left), and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal (bottom right) addressing the Opposition s pre-budget seminar, on June 3, 2021. YouTube
With the budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 right around the corner, the PML-N on Thursday slammed the incumbent government for the economic policies adopted in the last three years.
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, addressing the Opposition s pre-budget seminar, said Prime Minister Imran Khan has no knowledge of the basics of economics and makes decisions in line with advice from courtiers .