Country's economy unable to afford new political crisis: Ahsan.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Monday said Pakistan's current economic situation could not afford any new political crisis, therefore the genuine demand for formation of a full bench of the Supreme Court to hear the case of Chief Minister Punjab should be accepted.

Addressing a press conference here outside the Supreme Court, the minister said the incumbent federal government was taking the economy out of crisis towards stability but 'if more political crisis are created, our efforts would go in vain and the country's economy might be in deep trouble'.

He said the dual standards of justice should be stopped against them adding, 'we were jailed for months and years on the basis of false cases but the PTI leaders were given free hand'.

'If any of the PTI leader is jailed, he/she is released within 24 hours, similarly our name has been in the Exit Control List (ECL) for over three years but the names of PTI leaders in the ECL is removed within 48 hours,' he added.

Ahsan Iqbal said Imran Khan and his party leaders repeatedly gave statements against the institutions and the country's judiciary but nobody takes notice.

For seven months, he...

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