Former finance minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Miftah Ismail has disclosed that incumbent Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had asked him to slash provincial shares amid the economic crisis. While speaking to a news channel program, PML-N leader said that the incumbent finance minister used to give wired advice to party’s supremo Nawaz Sharif, adding that Dar also sometimes scold him and other members.

“Ishaq Dar once asked me to slash provincial shares. How can we take such measures after 18th amendment in the Constitution,” Miftah Ismail asked. In response to a question, the former federal minister said that everyone knows who Suleman Shehbaz son of Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif was targeting in his tweet, expressing ‘displeasure’ over the remarks. Miftah further said that he was also jailed but unfortunately the party forgot us.

Responding to another question, the former minister hoped that negotiations with International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be successful. He added IMF had demanded to remove cap on dollar and increase petroleum prices. Giving further details, he said that another IMF’s condition was to end the subsidy given to electricity companies. “The Fund’s third condition was to increase prices of electricity and gas,” he added.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP