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Pakistan: 'Even friendly nations think we're beggars,' said Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while speaking on the country's turbulent economy while speaking at a Lawyers' Convention. "Today, when we go to any friendly country or make a phone call, they think that we have come (o them) to beg for money," he said.
Talking about the devastation caused by massive floods in the country, PM Sharif noted that the economy was anyway struggling before the floods which made it even worse. He stressed that Pakistan was on the verge of an 'economic collapse' when he assumed office earlier this year in April. Sharif further claimed that his government, through 'hard work' saved the country and 'controlled the economic instability to some extent,' as per reports by Pakitan Media outlet The Dawn.
The Pakistan PM indirectly blamed the previous PTI government led by Imran Khan for the skyrocketing inflation. He said that the previous government violated the terms of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) leaving the current government with no choice but to agree to tougher conditions.
PM Sharif went on to say that smaller economies than Pakistan have surpassed the country and 'we have been wandering for the previous seventy five years carrying a begging bowl.' "Where does Pakistan stand these days after seventy five years? This is a pinching query … We are shifting in a circle all the time," he said.
