{"id":229543,"date":"2021-11-26T18:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=229543"},"modified":"2021-11-26T18:29:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T13:29:27","slug":"pakistan-fully-trapped-by-the-imf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pakistan-fully-trapped-by-the-imf\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan fully trapped by the IMF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday said the country has been trapped by the IMF.<br \/>\nEvery coming day will increase the problems of the people already facing merciless inflation while money budgets will be a frequent exercise by the government, he said.<br \/>\nMian Zahid Hussain said that the prestige of the country and sovereignty have been compromised while the economy has been ruined for one billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to the business community, the veteran business leader said that people will not get any relief for the years to come as developmental schemes will take a serious blow after agreement with the IMF while the price of everything will skyrocket.<\/p>\n<p>A country that can earn six billion dollars in four month from textile exports has reduced the value of currency by 14 percent and allowed a huge increase in the price of everything including electricity, petrol and gas for a meagre loan which is beyond comprehension, he observed.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran business leader said that the so-called economic experts have pushed the country, which has great potential, to the wall and now borrowing is the only option to survive and repay debts.<\/p>\n<p>He said that for decades policymakers made wrong decisions, incompetent bureaucrats played havoc with the country and authorities are putting the burden of taxes on the masses, saving the elite from all obligations which had brought the country to the brink of disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance, and former provincial minister Mian Zahid Hussain on Friday said the country has been trapped by the IMF. 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