PM vows to correct economy in 6 months.

Rejecting criticism over seeking the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said it will take at least six months before the corrective economic measures taken by his government start showing results.

The prime minister said a whopping current account deficit, unprecedented loans and dwindling exports forced the government to obtain the fresh loan to bridge current account gap of $10-12 billion.

However, he said the prevailing economic meltdown would not last long while assuring the countrymen he would steer the country out of the economic crisis.

"Have courage and faith in your government. Just relax. It's a short but tough financial span and we will successfully go through it," Imran advised the countrymen, saying good days were not far for Pakistanis and soon he would give a complete roadmap to get out of the prevailing tough times.

He said his government's critics had tried to create chaos in the country during the last two days over the government's decision to approach the IMF. "An impression has been created as if the sky is going to fall."

The prime minister said the PTI government inherited $18 billion...