[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lost his cool on Monday after journalists posed ‘tough’ questions about the country’s economic revival.
Dar was responding to media questions after speaking at the inaugural session of the International Conference on Islamic Capital Markets in Islamabad.
Dar sahab Ishaq! Have you made a mistake? The journalist inquired whether the staff-level agreement with the IMF had been signed.
In response, the PML-N leader became enraged and asked a journalist, “Has Pakistan defaulted?” “We have paid off all of our international loan payments.”
In response to another question about the economy, the finance minister said, “Whatever decision you want to make, go ahead; I will see it later.”
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Ishaq Dar avoided answering questions about the upcoming fiscal year 2023-24 budget and the revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme.
Earlier, speaking at the opening session of the International Conference on Islamic Capital Market in Islamabad, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar stated that the government is committed to completing the transformation within the five-year timeframe set by the Federal Shariat Court.
Pakistan, he claims, has a strategic plan in place to develop Islamic finance. The finance minister reaffirmed the government’s firm determination to promote Islamic finance and abolish Pakistan’s interest-based system.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
