ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has hinted at importing vegetables and other edible items from India after recent floods destroyed crops across the country.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Miftah Ismail said that the government can consider importing vegetables and other edible items from India to facilitate people in wake of the destruction of standing crops in Pakistan due to recent floods.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan downgraded its diplomatic and trade relations with India in reaction to New Delhi’s illegal annexation of Occupied Kashmir.
Talking to journalists, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail also criticised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its leaders for allegedly sabotaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.
“Our government put our politics at stake to save the country from bankruptcy,” he said, alleging that the PTI was crossing all its limits just to bring party chairman Imran Khan back in power.
The finance minister also demanded an apology from former prime minister Imran Khan for ‘damaging interest of the country’. “Pakistan’s interest is sacred and above all things,” he added.
