PAC Chairman Asks Govt To PTI Govt-IMF Deal With Parliament.

ISLAMABAD -- Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman and PTI's dissident Noor Alam, during the budget debate in National Assembly, on Friday asked the government to make public the agreement reached between International Monetary Fund (IMF) and previous PTI's regime.

Terming the agreement between IMF and PTI's government 'an unfair deal', MNA from Peshawar demanded of the government to take the Parliament into confidence about previous government's agreement with the IMF. 'The agreement of 'Imrani government' should be d in the Parliament, so the people of the country come to know about this deal,' said Chairman Public Accounts Committee Noor Alam. He, without mentioning name, said one leader has used a KP government helicopter for its public meetings.

About austerity measures taken by the government, PAC Chairman clarified that he was paying all personal expenses of his office and vehicle from his own pocket. A treasury benches member from Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Ghulam Mustafa Shah, on a point of order, gave credit to the coalition government on expected removal of Pakistan from the grey list. He was sure that Pakistan will be removed from the grey list with the effort of the current government in the country.

A member from Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) Saira Bano, due to increased fuel prices unbearable for the poor masses, decided to return her petrol card to the National Assembly Secretariat.

'How can I get these benefits when labourers and ricksha drivers are deciding to commit suicide,' he said adding that she had received a petrol card after becoming...