@ziaulislam
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These parha likha jaahils or now US dalaals think we don't know how govt. works. Listen Mr. dalaal or on of Dawn's Khuram Husain, your simplistic predictions about IMF is pure BS.
Most Pakistanis have lived IMF rule. Go first study IMF's directives, its first and foremost aim is to advance US interests.
What are US interests regarding Pakistan I think you know pretty well and not that dumb that you're trying to show here.
We have seen IMF programs since 80s and how they arm-twisted PAkistan and screwed our HDI from mid-80s to a poor sick nation in the 90s with corrupt being supported and strengthened. The food price rise and devaluation of currency under PPP rule in 90s was'nt just a contribution of Peoples Party it was IMF policy that was at work.
@RiazHaq can explain how these corrupt thugs like Zardari handed over 150 million peoples fate to the IMF who pushed in record millions of Pakistanis into poverty at one go. IMF made economic programs for Pakistan. No successive govt. could recover from this and those practices were interchanged with more corruption to accomodate people like ghost employees, filling posts with political positions. Or even the BISP begging program, handing out 5000 Rs. to the poor voter base in fear of cooling down their anger on their present pathetic state.
IMF's deals remain under the shadow and never made public, the IMF director negotiates and arm-twists their Pakistani counterpart in surrendering on most of its options, in a way becomes the manager of the economy indirectly. And the best part is the one they screwed [the Pak govt. finance team] becomes the monster.
IMF's sole aim shifting the debt burden, under the dictations of IFIs, on the working classes of Pakistan and bringing in hardships to the middle and lower middle class by increasing their suffering. And with it increasing funding to Women NGOs and media organizations to remain their slaves and pursue their social agenda.
Previous bailout packages had imposition of more taxes, withdrawal of tax exemptions, increase in power and tax tariffs, elimination of power tariff subsidies and cutting of development expenditure. The coming IMF bailout will be a lot more hellraiser as
USA has a one-point agenda with Pakistan right now that is Afghanistan. They are not dealing with Pakistan apart from this issue. What is in future after the bailout is worse than any thing that had happened before.
IMF's no.1 target is to hurt CPEC, the only source of FDI in Pakistan. IF PTI surrenders on this they will be f**ked in 2 years time. China WILL NEVER allow any damage to this project which is part of their BRI initiative spanning countries. Its too important for them.
USA needs leverage in Pakistan and IMF reentering will give them that they have made clear they will not allow any FDI from their country apart from IMF.
The dollar circus going on for few months is a joint operation for the US masters by
The dalaals in Dawn, Americans of Pakistani descent like this
@ziaulislam and the profiteering criminals in the currency market artificially inflating the dollar for their own short term gains.
PTI needs to cut expenses, period and rethink their strategy for improving HDI in the country. IMF's first victim is the middle class urban population and PTI is in parliament because of this class. Any IMF bailout will be catastrophe for this class and can destroy its only voter base.