Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Wednesday said the national economy and foreign policy were ruined due to the ego of Imran Khan, who nowadays claimed himself as a savior of the country. It was the ego of Imran Khan which severely damaged the economy and foreign policy of Pakistan and now it is becoming the cause of his (Imran Khan) own destruction, Musadik said while addressing a news conference. Citing a proverb the fish is the last to see the water, he said it was only Imran Khan who was not worried about his actions, as the whole nation knew what he was doing. It was quite surprising that a person, who destroyed the country during his four-year rule, now considered himself a savior, he added. The minister recalled how Imran Khan and his government had created energy and electricity crises in the country by patronizing the cartels and mafias. Pakistan. he said, was was witnessing up to 14 hours of load-shedding and facing a severe gas crises when the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) came into power in 2013.

He said the PML-N government, during its previous tenure, made extensive efforts to end the gas and electricity shortages. 11,000 megawatts of electricity was added to the national grid, while an LNG terminal with 1.2 billion cubic feet capacity was installed. However, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders while in power, only made claims that the electricity capacity installed by the PML-N government was excessive. The PTI government failed to increase the electricity generation capacity by even a single megawatt despite the rapid increase in population and demand for the commodity. The minister regretted that the PTI government did not launch a single new mega project and instead changed the name of the old ones which were already contributing to the socio-economic development of the country. The Imran-led government, he added, changed the name of Benazir Income Support Programme and the youth development related projects with Ehsaas Programme and Kamyab Jawan Programme, respectively.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan-INP