Popular Tik Tok star Hareem Shah has said that if she is made the country’s caretaker foreign minister, she will increase the foreign reserves with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to $100 billion.
He made the statement along with a photo of himself on X, formerly known as Twitter.
She wrote that if I am made the caretaker foreign minister of Pakistan for just six months, I will increase the foreign reserves of Pakistan from 8 billion dollars to 100 billion dollars.
اگر مجھے صرف 6ماہ کے لیے پاکستان کی نگراں وزیر خارجہ بنا دیا گیا تو میں پاکستان کے غیر ملکی اثاثوں کو 8 ارب ڈالر سے 100 ارب ڈالر تک پہنچا دونگی۔ pic.twitter.com/z3Vw0pFC5E
— Hareem Shah (@_Hareem_Shah) August 12, 2023
However, social media users took Hareem Shah’s statement as a joke, but some of them said that she can definitely do it.
After a nine-month hiatus in July, central bank reserves crossed $8 billion after Pakistan received financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. According to an official statement issued by the State Bank, Pakistan’s total liquid foreign reserves stood at $14.06 billion during the week ended July 14.
This statement of the famous Tik Tokkar has come out after the dissolution of the National Assembly and the appointment of Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar as the Caretaker Prime Minister.
His appointment was made after a consensus between outgoing Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Leader of Opposition Raja Riaz after which President Dr. Arif Alvi signed the advice sent by him.
Senator Kakar is currently the chairman of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), and is widely regarded as an intellectual. He holds a Masters degree in Political Science and Sociology, and is an alumnus of the University of Balochistan.
