Elite should also swallow bitter pill of IMF strict conditions
Islamabad, January 25, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Wednesday said accepting strict conditions of the IMF is the only option available to Pakistan. Instead of making the public a scapegoat, this bitter pill of IMF conditions should also be fed to the elite, it said. All the unnecessary government expenditure and all privileges of the ruling classes should be abolished so that the people get a few sighs of relief, said Mohammad Aslam Khan, Chairman of PEW.
He said that the elites have completely hijacked the country’s system, due to which Pakistan has been entering from one crisis to another. Now the plunder of the elite has increased to such an extent that the country’s integrity is in danger, he added. Aslam Khan observed that not a single ruler of Pakista...