WORLD NEWS | Pakistani finance ministry has no election funds: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif

Islamabad [Pakistan]March 25 (ANI): Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said the finance ministry has no funds for elections, ARY News reported.

Asif revealed the news while addressing international media at a joint news conference with Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb.

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Khawaja Asif has criticized PTI chief Imran Khan for saying his assassination attempt allegation is a lie, ARY News reported. He first extended the term of former army chief and retired General Qamar Javaid Bajwa, whom he is now accusing. First, he blamed the United States for his ouster, the defense minister added.

The minister further stated that Khan unconstitutionally dissolved the provincial assembly, but he was constitutionally expelled from attendance due to a no-confidence vote and now he does not want to appear in court.

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Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has accused the PTI chairman of jailing PML-N leaders during his tenure. Khawaja Asif said he was jailed during his three-year tenure and our party leader is also facing court over bogus cases.

Khawaja Asif added that Imran Khan is creating crises every day but the government is addressing them and Pakistan will get out of all these crises soon.

Khawaja Asif further said that the former prime minister gave a false account of the conspiracy against the US, but the Supreme Court intervened to save the country from a constitutional crisis, ARY News reported.

According to the South Asia News Agency, the media reported recently that Pakistan is currently in the most difficult period in the past two decades, with economic crisis, political turmoil, and increasing terrorist attacks. In the northwest region, resources have been exhausted.

Furthermore, according to the report, the country’s economic deterioration has a direct impact on the public.

Floods in Pakistan have dealt a heavy blow to the cash-strapped country already saddled with high debt, South Asia Press reported, adding that the country’s planning board, agriculture, food, livestock and fisheries sectors were lost in the floods Long-term losses of $3.7 billion are estimated at approximately $9.24 billion. (Arnie)

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