PTI’s ‘political drama’ to cause huge loss: Dar

islamabad — Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Saturday said another ‘political drama’ being staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaaf (PTI) would cause a huge economic loss to the country like its last year’s sit-in.

Any such activity always impacted the national economy negatively as nowhere in the world businesses and state affairs were paralysed in the name of protest, he said while speaking in a private TV channel programme.

Ishaq Dar said PTI’s plan to shut down Islamabad was unlawful and unconstitutional. There was no logic to protest against the government after the Supreme Court had taken up its petition for hearing.

In fact, the PTI was frustrated because of the progress and development going on in the country and it feared defeat in the 2018 general election, he added.

Dar said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was elected by the people and he would continue serving them. He would not resign on the demand of a ‘mob’, he added.

The finance minister said the government was introducing longterm policies to boost country’s economy. — APP