Islamabad: Vice-President of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman has said that the the shameful details of International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement with the government is worrisome adding that the government will run the economy on the wish of the IMF.
In her tweet on social media micro blogging site twitter, Sherry Rehman said that the story of the agreement with IMF not stops at mini budget and mortgaging the central bank, IMF also demanded to increase taxes further, to end tax exemptions and increase in the electricity prices as well.
حکومت اب آئی ایم ایف کی مرضی کے مطابق معیشت چلائے گی۔ آئی ایم ایف نے آئندہ بجٹ میں 4 کھرب 30 ارب روپے کے نئے ٹیکس عائد کرنے کا کہا ہے۔ اس کا مطلب ہے آئندہ سال تک مہنگائی کم ہونے کا کوئی امکان ہی نہیں۔ مہنگائی پہلے ہے 13 فیصد ہے جو دو سال کی بلند ترین سطح پر ہے۔ 2/2
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) February 7, 2022
The PPP senator said that the IMF has asked the government to impose further taxes of Rs 4 trillion and thirty billion which means that there is no chance of inflation to decrease adding that the inflation is already on 13 percent which is at the peak of two years.
