Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused former premier Imran Khan of being the biggest liar on the face of the earth, alleging that the PTI chief has ruined the country’s economy.
Shehbaz Sharif spoke about the “damage” that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman had done to Pakistan’s domestic and foreign affairs. Addressing Imran Khan’s recent alleged cypher audio leaks, the Prime Minister said that they were “an irrefutable endorsement that he (Imran) is the biggest liar on the face of the earth”.
The cypher is an alleged secret diplomatic cable which fueled conspiracy theories that the US administration wanted to topple Imran Khan’s government and facilitate regime change in the country.
The cypher is based on then-envoy Asad Majeed’s meeting with US State Department official Donald Lu, who has been at the centre of PTI’s claim that the US conspired to dislodge Imran from office in April.
“I’m not saying this with a sense of glee but a sense of embarrassment and concern. Sharif added in an interview with the British newspaper Dawn.
He accused Imran Khan of “injecting poison into society to dangerously polarise the electorate” since his ouster through a successful no-confidence vote in April. In his first interview with the outlet since he became Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif termed the PTI chief as a “liar and a cheat”, alleging that his policies had left the economy in “ruins”.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said in its latest report that Pakistan’s economy is forecast to slow by 3.5% in the financial year 2022–23 due to reasons like devastating floods and policy tightening.
