{"id":29118,"date":"2018-07-30T02:35:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=29118"},"modified":"2018-07-30T02:35:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T16:35:54","slug":"news-pertaining-to-approaching-imf-absolutely-false-asad-umar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/news-pertaining-to-approaching-imf-absolutely-false-asad-umar\/","title":{"rendered":"News pertaining to approaching IMF &#8216;absolutely false&#8217;: Asad Umar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nISLAMABAD : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and finance minister-in-waiting Asad Umar on Sunday overtly dismissed rumors that he had stated there was no other option left for Pakistan apart from consulting International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n<p>He took to popular micro-blogging website Twitter and stated, \u201cI believe there was a segment on Geo yesterday in which it was claimed that I had said there was no option except going to IMF! Absolutely false news. I had said no option including IMF is ruled out. I have said the same thing many times before and after elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Air was thick with rumors that Asad had hinted at approaching IMF for a possible bailout package worth USD 10 billion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and finance minister-in-waiting Asad Umar on Sunday overtly dismissed rumors that he had stated there was no other option left for Pakistan apart from consulting International Monetary Fund (IMF). 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