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Pakistan’s debt increased by 24 thousand billion in 10 years, now Imran Khan will take this step

Pakistan's debt increased by 24 thousand billion in 10 years

Islamabad: Talking about the poor economic situation of the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that those who have sacked the country badly, they will take strict action against them. He also said that he will constitute a commission in which the high officials will be included. Because all of them defended the arrest of several prominent political figures.

In a midnight speech after the government’s first budget facing the cash-strapped Khan, Khan said that all economic problems were due to debt. That has increased from 6 thousand billion rupees in the last 10 years to 30 thousand billion rupees. His speech came on the day when the Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Hamza Shahbaz was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in matters related to money laundering.

On Monday, former President Asif Ali Zardari was arrested by the NAB in a multi-million dollar money laundering case. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (from PML-N Party) has already been serving jail sentence in another case of corruption in 2018. Khan announced that after focusing the government’s initial focus on stabilizing the economy, his focus would be on the fact that those who have sacked the country in debt are brought back as soon as possible. However, he also said that the position of Pakistan is currently stable.

He further said that the pressure on the country’s economy to stabilize, at the moment it has diminished. Khan said that now I can reach the corrupt people. He further said that I have constituted a High Power Investigation Committee, which has only one agenda that after 10 years, the loan amount has become 24 thousand billion rupees. He said that the commission will include FIA (Federal Investigation Agency), IB (Intelligence Bureau), ISI (Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence), FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) and SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan).