Bilawal tells govt to tear up IMF deal, renegotiate new one.

ISLAMABAD -- PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto said Wednesday every Pakistani demanded that the PTI should tear its current agreement with the IMF and renegotiate its term with the international money lender.

Speaking to media outside the parliament, Bilwal said: 'We are not saying that don't go back to the IMF, we are emphasising on the fact the government should renegotiate the deal, keeping in mind Pakistan's economy and how it runs, they should not accept the terms of the IMF completely.'

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and State bank, the government's own institutions, have said that a record inflation has hit the country, he said.

'The State Bank has said that even if you add up the loan procured by previous governments, it is less than that of the incumbent government,' Bilawal said.

'The FBR has informed that the tax collection is at a shortfall of Rs400 billion," he said. Bilawal said that when the opposition questioned the government about the shortfall, all they received were personal attacks instead of answers.

'We can withstand their personal attacks but the people of the country belonging...

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