Shehbaz castigates Imran for defying legal process.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday admitted before the Senate that the recent inAflation and tough conditions for the common people were a result of the bold decisions taken by his government but good days were not too far.

Speaking at the Upper House's special session, the premier said his government decided to save the country and took tough decision at the cost of political interests.

'There is always light at the end of the tunnel if you are committed with the cause,' he said. PM Shehbaz said that they took power at a time when the country was facing economic challenges.

Criticising the last PTI govAernment, he said it had negotiAated and signed an agreement with the International MoneAtary Fund (IMF), but did not adhere to it. He blamed the government of former prime minister Imran Khan for the present economic mess.

He said that the PTI governAment flouted the terms and conditions made with the inAternational lender. 'This not only damaged Pakistan's imAage, and confidence in the eyes of IMF but also before all other financial institutions.'

The premier said that his government had two choices: one to dole out funds like the previous regime did and the other path was showing highAest level of responsibility, maAturity and statesmanship.

He said the coalition governAment decided through a consultative process to adopt the path, which protects the state. He said that IMF had not pointed towards poAlitical instability in Pakistan during the talks. 'But they are not blind and are seeing what is happening,' he underlined.

He indirectly pointing towards PTI said the political leadership in the past used to sit toAgether in the larger national interest but the situation was different today.

'A national leader does not have ego, arroAgance, and anger,' he said. The PM called for national unity among the political leadership to address the country's challenges.

He told the session, also attended by the diplomatic corps, that...