Dar hits back at Imran for 'misleading' nation on economy.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Friday criticized Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan by holding him responsible for the ongoing economic crisis in the country. In a media talk on the staterun television here, Dar reacted to Imran Khan's latest statement and said his speech was incorrect and devoid of economic context.

He challenged the PTI chief for live debate between economic teams of both sides to clear the truth. He said that the current economic crisis is due to the wrong policies of the Imran Khan-led government. However, the incumbent government had resolved to sacrifice its political capital to save the country by taking tough economic decisions, he added. 'We have no choice but to save the state. We preferred the state to politics and launched the struggle'. Ishaq Dar said that Imran Khan is now defaming the country by spreading false propaganda of default. 'You have damaged the country's reputation'. He further said that instead of building on the economy, Imran opted to focus on political victimization. 'We are trying to fix your mistakes'.

He said the country should be kept first and challenges are being managed by the present government. He said the inflation had reached historic high during the PTI government's tenure and the rupee depreciated due to failed economic policies. Sharing the economic performance, Dar said that PML-N had increased GDP growth in its tenure. The growth rate enhanced from we took the country at 4.5% and by the time they left, it...

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