‘Irresponsible’: Fawad Chaudhry lashes out at govt after Miftah-Ishaq clash

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to comment on the conflict between new Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his predecessor Miftah Ismail over the recent Rs12.63 per litre petrol price cut by the government.

Chaudhry said, “The irresponsible and contradictory statements of Dar and Ismail have complicated matters further regarding the IMF programme”, adding that the federal government comprises of the “most idiotic team” in the country’s history.

معاشی ٹیم مکمل کنفیوز ہے سیاست ان کی دفن ہو چکی ہے،اگر کام کر رہی ہے تو نیب کیسز ختم کرنے کے ذمہ داروں ہیں جو انشاللہ کمال مہارت سے ہر چوری اور ڈکیتی کا کیس کنارے لگا رہے ہیں اور دھڑا دھڑ بریت ہو رہی ہے،

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 4, 2022

Fawad further stated that the economic team of the country is “totally confused”.

The PTI leader claimed that “Their [govt] politics have been buried. If [the government] is working, it is working to end their NAB cases.”

Earlier, former finance minister Ismail said that the government’s decision to not increase the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) this month without International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) approval is “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

While the incumbent finance minister Dar said, “I have to handle the International Monetary Fund (IMF), so from now on, neither Miftah nor anybody else has to worry about anything.”

On September 26, Dar landed in Pakistan after five years and took the charge of the finance ministry right after Ismail’s resignation.