Nawaz tells Miftah off for dollar hike in PDM meeting

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif lambasted Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in the PDM meeting due to the ongoing economic turmoil in the country, sources said.

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) meeting was held on Thursday. According to sources, the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif took to Miftah Ismail over the Dollar hike since the PML-N-led government took charge. Miftah had claimed that the Dollar would rise only Rs23, but apparently, Rs23 and Rs55 are the same to him, Nawaz Sharif said.

Sources say that Nawaz Sharif asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to summon a meeting of all ally parties on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Finance Minister should take all allies into confidence regarding the deteriorating economic conditions, he added. The PML-N leader said that if they have to govern then they will have to be brave.

 

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