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‘Biggest blunder ’ in countr y ’s histor y ruined economy: mar yam

‘ h a b i t o f b e g g i n g ’

g S ay S i M f S c r u t i n i z i n g, r e v i e w i n g r e c o r d S o f ‘ e v e r y t h i n g, e v e r y S u b S i d y ’

ISLAMABAD/MUZAFFARABAD

PriMe Minister Shehbaz Shar f on Sunday stressed that being a nat on we have to stay alive but only how alive nations ive and not with begging bowl in hands say ng the international Monetar y fund (iMf) was combing ever y book during the ongoing negotiations over the ninth review of the $7 billion loan programme this has been going on for 75 years we have to put a stop to th s,” the premier said and vowed to break this habit of begging that countr y was embroiled n addressing the azad Jammu and Kashmir (aJK) assembly on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity day in Muzaffarabad on Sunday, pM Shehbaz again said that the fund was scrutin zing the records of various ministries and reviewing “ever ything ” and ever y subsidy he reiterated that the countr y was facing substantial financ al challenges, with the international Monetar y fund (iMf) combing through ever y book during the ongoing negotiations for restor ng the stalled $7 bi lion loan programme “ the iMf is ooking critically at ever y book be t petroleum finance commerce or the power sector the premier said “ they are looking at each and ever ything, ever y subsidy the prime min ster a so shed light on how the countr y has been on a “ begging spree cal ng for it to be stopped once and for all “ this will stop when the ent re nation [stands] united to fight inflation and vows to produce their own resources,” he sa d “ it was ver y easy to say so but doing t was harder we deliver speeches but after an hour i forget what i had said ” g S t r e S S e S u n i t y to f i g h t i n f l at i o n, p r o d u c e o w n r e S o u r c e S porter, and the government began the make-or-break discussions last week pakistan needs to complete the rev ew to stave off default

Subsequent y the government had increased liquefied petro eum gas (lpg) price by 30 per cent and finalised a m nimum of rs6 per unit average ncrease in electric ty rates between now and august o v e r t h e w e e ke n d t h e p r e m i e r s a d t h e i M f d e l e g a t i o n w a s g i v n g a v e r y tough time” to finance Minister ishaq dar and h s team

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ISLAMABAD

S ta f f r e P o rt former president gen (retired) per vez

Musharraf passed away in dubai on Sunday after a long battle w th rare disease amyloidosis he was 79 pak stan consulate in dubai and his fam ly confirmed the death of the former mil tar y ruler at american hospital in dubai his fami y has f led an application in pakistan consu ate in dubai for sh fting the body of Musharraf

Musharraf had been suffering from amyloidosis a rare disease caused by a build-up of an abnormal protein ca led amyloid in organs and tissues throughout the body the former general was admitted to the american hospital duba for treatment he was also admitted to dubai hospita s more than once n the past in a statement the inter-Ser vices publ c relations (iSpr) expressed heartfelt condolences over the sad demise of former army ch ef May allah bless the departed sou and give strength to pakistan to continue support for right to self-determ nation’ the iMf delegation headed by nathan

Meanwh le, prime Minister Shehbaz Shar f Sunday sa d pakistan would continue to extend all kinds of support to Kashm r s t ll they achieve their right to se f-determination talking to members of the azad Jammu and Kashmir legis ative assembly here, he sa d the whole pak stani nation stood with the Kashm ri brothers in their struggle for freedom

Govt, IMF at logger heads over power subsidies, PDL

ISL AMABAD: a deadlock between the internationa Monetar y fund (iMf) and pakistan persisted over power subsidies as well as petro eum development levy (pdl)

Sources sa d that the iMf has been demanding w thdrawal of power subsidy worth of rs100 billion provided to the export-or ented sector and also wants full recover y of rs952 billion gape through ncreasing electricity tariff however the government side has been tr y ng to explain to the iMf that t would be difficult to settle the entire amount in addition, Sources said that the government has a so requested the iMf to decrease pdl target to rs650 bi lion from rs800 billion fbr can only achieve rs500 b ll on from pdl during this year if the government increased pdl on petrol and diesel to rs50 per l tre the petroleum consumption decreased 10% due to increase n prices sources added Sources also sa d that the government wi l impose rs180 b llion f ood levy however additional tax measures would depend on the tax gap that would be determined during the policy level talks S h a h z a d Pa r ac h a bereaved fam ly the militar y s media wing said per vez Musharraf was born on august 11 1943 in new delh india he who took power n a coup in 1999 and also ser ved as president of pakistan from 2001 to 2008

Musharraf moved with h s family from new delh to Karachi n 1947 when pak stan was separated from india the son of a career diplomat, he lived n turkey during 1949–56 he oined the army in 1964 graduated from the army command and Staff college in Quetta and attended the royal colege of defence Studies n london the former army chief held a number of appointments n the artiller y the infantr y, and commando un ts and also taught at the Staff co ege in Quetta and n the war wing of the national defence co lege he fought n pak stan s 1965 and 1971 wars with india the then prime Minister nawaz Sharif appo nted gen Musharraf head of the armed forces in october 1998 on october 12 1999 wh le Musharraf was out of the countr y Sharif dismissed him and tr ed to prevent the plane carr y ng Musharraf home from landing at the Karachi airport the armed forces, however, took contro of the a rport and other government installat ons and deposed Sharif, paving the way for Musharraf to become head of a militar y government although he was generally considered to hold moderate views and promised an eventua return to c vilian rule, Musharraf suspended the constitut on and disso ved par iament he formed the nat ona Secur ty council, made up of civ ian and militar y appointees to run pakistan in the inter m in early 2001 he assumed the presidency and later attempted to negotiate an agreement with india over the Kashmir region following the September 11 attacks in 2001 in the united States and the subsequent uS invasion of afghanistan later that year, the uS government cultivated close ties with Musharraf in an attempt to root out is-

S ta f f r e P o rt inter or M nister rana Sanaullah said on Sunday that pakistan Muslim league nawaz (pMl-n) is not afraid of elections and t wi l contest and emerge victorious in the upcoming polls across punjab wh e addressing pMl-n workers convention in Multan on Sunday rana Sanaullah said pMl-n Quaid nawaz Shar f had tasked Mar yam nawaz with the party ’s reorgan zation

“propaganda is be ng made that pMl-n is afraid of elections we are ready for e ect ons we will contest the elect ons and w n grab v ctor y across punjab he predicted that pMl-n wi l form ts government in punjab he said that pMl-n is aware of inflation that increases troubles for the common man he said that pakistan was on the path of prosperity in 1999 and the whole world was te ling that pakistan will become the asian tiger after becoming a nuc ear power he sa d that former prem er nawaz Sharif had rejected the pressure from foreign countries including the united States (uS) for refraining from nuclear tests amic extrem sts in the afghan-pakistan border reg on following a movement led by the politica parties Musharraf res gned as the president on august 18, 2008 on March 30, 2014, Musharraf was ndicted for suspending the constitution on november 3, 2007 on december but nawaz Sharif ordered to conduct of six nuclear blasts in response to india s five nuke tests for sake of the pakistan nation and the Muslim ummah rana Sanaul ah sa d that pakistan secured its future by conducting nuclear tests and nawaz Sharif had brought the countr y out of the crisis he added that Sharif had also brought the countr y out of crisis after becoming the prem er n 2013 he claimed that the menace of load shedding and terrorism were el m nated from the countr y in 2017 but unfortunately Sharif was ousted for not receiving salar y from his son “pMl-n is not afraid of elect ons we wi l contest the polls cr ticizing the pakistan tehreek-e-insaf (pti) ch ef and expremier imran Khan Sanau lah alleged, “lad ay knows only one thing to do which is hold ng ong marches ladla had hurled abuses against nawaz Shar f and ordered attacks on po ice stations during 2014 long march ” he had conc uded the sit- n after the apS incident the then prem er nawaz Sharif had invited him to sit together for uniting the nation at the t me too

17 2019 a specia court handed Musharraf death sentence in the high treason case against him the former mi tar y ru er left the countr y n March 2016 for dubai to seek medical treatment and didn’t return to pakistan since