ISLAMABAD, June 16(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday promised the nation that his government would release “details soon” regarding the previous PTI regime’s deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
His message on Twitter comes a day after the government raised fuel prices by as much as nearly Rs60, with petrol reaching Rs233.89 — unprecedented in the country’s history.
“Acutely aware of the impact that a fuel price hike causes. Govt is left with no choice but to raise the prices due to IMF deal that PTI govt signed. Will take the nation into confidence on the specifics of the IMF-PTI deal soon,” wrote the prime minister.
“We will get out of these economic difficulties, InshaAllah,” he added.
PM Shehbaz followed by criticising the past government’s handling of negotiations with the global lender, saying: “I wonder whether those who struck the worst ever deal with IMF and took patently bad economic decisions have the conscience to face the truth. How can they pretend to be innocent when what the nation is going through is clearly their doing?”
“Details soon,” he reiterated.