Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader Miftah Ismail on Thursday claimed that his successor Ishaq Dar campaigned against him for more than six months because he had nominated someone else from the party as finance minister. Can’t stand it.
The former finance minister said that Dar went on TV and claimed that he would bring down the value of the dollar to Rs 160. He also claimed that the finance minister asked anchors to tweet against him and host TV programmes.
The PML-N leader said Dar is closer to Nawaz Sharif as his son is married to Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and was with him in London. He further said that Dar used to tell the PML-N supremo that he would reduce the dollar rate and petroleum prices.
Miftah added that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is satisfied with his performance and does not want to replace him. “The International Monetary Fund (IMF) accord was restored, and the risk of default was reduced during my tenure,” he said.
The finance minister added that though it was the power of the Prime Minister to remove him, the manner in which it was done was not respectable. Miftah said that Nawaz Sharif called him to London and told him that he was being changed in front of 12 people.
On a question regarding Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan, Miftah said that there is no doubt that Imran is a good politician and when it comes to political strategy and narrative creation, no one is close to him. do not have.
However, he added that Imran lacks policy-making skills, adding that Imran wants to be prime minister badly but does not know what to do after becoming prime minister.
Miftah-Dar row
This is not the first time that the two PML-N leaders have openly confronted each other. Dar and Miftah have been in a war of words since taking over as finance minister in April.
Earlier in October, Miftah had slammed Dar for reducing the price of petrol by Rs 12.63 per litre.
In a tweet, the former finance minister lashed out at the government’s decision not to increase the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) without IMF approval, calling it “reckless”.
2. You gave an unfounded, unsustainable subsidy on petrol. PTI nearly bankrupted us but when I took over and went to the IMF we saved Pakistan from default. Not increasing PDL this month without IMF approval is reckless, but what PTI did with our economy was unforgivable
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) October 2, 2022
In response to the tweet, Dar said that Miftah should not worry about the IMF deal as he now has to deal with the lender.
