Imran Khan, Miftah Ismail trade barbs after rupee plunges to record low against dollar.

ISLAMABAD -- Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and PTI Chairperson Imran Khan got involved in a war of words on Twitter over the rupee's recent depreciation against the dollar.

In response to Khan's tweet on rising inflation and depreciation of the local currency during the coalition government's tenure, the finance minister in a thread, compared the PTI-led government's performance with the incumbent government.

Miftah said that the Pakistani rupee was at 122 when Khan came to power and left it at 190. He added that Pakistan owed Rs25,000 billion, however, the government owed Rs44,000 billion when he left.

The finance minister further said that the PTI chief left the energy sector in a serious mess "with no provision or contracts for gas or fuel, and circular debts of Rs2,500 billion in power and Rs1,500 billion in gas".

Miftah added that Khan drove the country towards bankruptcy after breaking the agreement will the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by giving subsidies on fuel.

Holding the PTI chairperson responsible...