ISLAMABAD: Miftah under fire for spoiling PM Shehbaz’s efforts. A split among the ranks of the ruling PML-N seems to be deepening further as another party leader Hanif Abbasi has joined the anti-Miftah camp, blaming the finance minister for “neutralizing the efforts” of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to uplift the country’s economy.
Hanif Abbasi has emerged as another critic of his own government after Abid Sher Ali.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday with the traders’ leaders, Abbasi said the prime minister was making all-out efforts but the finance ministry was neutralizing them.
‘Stop looting people’
Urging the finance ministry to stop looting the people, he said new taxes were being imposed on the taxpayers.
Continuing his tirade, the PML-N leader said about 11 taxes had been imposed on the industrial sector bills due to which the workers might leave the industry. “My own driver got an electricity bill of Rs16,000,” he added.
Abbasi said every sector had been affected by the electricity bills. He further said that instead of taking decisions through the committees, there was a dire need to take immediate decisions.
Taking a swipe at the finance ministry, he said the country’s economy could not be maintained through looting.
The PML-N leader claimed a woman in charge of the finance ministry was scaring people, adding that the finance ministry should resolve the issues instead of scaring people.
Miftah under fire for spoiling PM Shehbaz’s efforts
In view of the floods, the former MNA urged the political parties to suspend their political activities for six months. Taking a dig at the PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Hanif said he [Imran] liked to collect funds for himself.
A split among the ranks of the ruling PML-N seems to be deepening further as another party leader Hanif Abbasi has joined the anti-Miftah camp, blaming the finance minister for “neutralizing the efforts” of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to uplift the country’s economy.
Hanif Abbasi has emerged as another critic of his own government after Abid Sher Ali.
Addressing a press conference here on Friday with the traders’ leaders, Abbasi said the prime minister was making all-out efforts but the finance ministry was neutralizing them.
On the other hand, government is trying to speed up efforts for flood relief.
During the NA Climate Change Committee, Minister @sherryrehman highlighted the scale & ferocity of the flood situation. She reiterated that relief operations are underway, but we are running out of resources & need international donors to help 🇵🇰 during this humanitarian disaster pic.twitter.com/O1DNdiBqRD
— Ministry of Climate Change, Govt of Pakistan (@ClimateChangePK) August 26, 2022