‘PML-N approached IMF, not PPP’

Sharmila Farooqui talks about PPP’s role in the country’s politics, said the party is used to solving problems.

Express November 29, 2010

SUKKUR: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) did not approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and it was the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former finance minister, Ishaq Dar, who wanted their help, said adviser Sharmila Farooqui at a press conference at Circuit House on Sunday.

She said Dar had handed the country over to the IMF and left. “It is now our duty to pull our country out of the hands of the IMF, even if it means making unpopular decisions,” she added.

She talked about the PPP’s role in the country’s politics and said the party is used to solving problems, especially after a dictatorship. “We continue to run [the party and government] on democratic grounds, as long as we have the support of the people,” she added.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2010.

COMMENTS (1)

Meekal Ahmed | 13 years ago | Reply This is incorrect. The one who left the economy on edge was Musharaff. The global commodity price hike in 2007/8 made matters worse but did not cause the crisis itself. Dar was very briefly Finance Minister. It was Shaukat Tareen who eventually turned to the IMF after having run out of all other soft options -- including begging Saudi Arabia and China for money. Bhutto Sahib turned to the IMF, so did Zia, Benazir, NS, Musharaff, and now the present government. Since that is the case, we should stop pointing fingers thinking we are scoring a point and get on with it.

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