LAHORE: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should worry about the country\u2019s deteriorating economy rather than the Opposition\u2019s meetings.<\/p>\n
Talking to journalists in Lahore, the PML-N president said that the country\u2019s economic situation has never been this worse before.<\/p>\n
“Throughout the history of this country, inflation has never been as high as it is now,” he said, adding that no other government in the past had accepted such huge amounts of international loans.<\/p>\n
Upon being asked by a journalist if the prime minister was worried about PML-N’s political meetings, Shahbaz replied: \u201cThe prime minister should focus on the country\u2019s inflation rate, unemployment and the catastrophic situation of the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also criticised the sugar and wheat scams, saying that “corruption worth billions of rupees is happening under the nose of the government.”<\/p>\n
Shahbaz meets Chaudhry brothers in bid to mount pressure on govt
\nEarlier, Shahbaz Sharif met PML-Q’s Chaudhry brothers \u2014 allies of the PTI-led government \u2014 at their residence after 14 years in a bid to mount pressure on the government.<\/p>\n
The development came after Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari met the Chaudhry brothers \u2014 Chaudhry Shujat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi \u2014 at their residence, as the Opposition seeks to oust the incumbent government.<\/p>\n
PML-N on Twitter said that both sides discussed the current political situation in the country in detail and also shed light on other issues of mutual interest.<\/p>\n
“Back us in our bid to bring a no-confidence motion against [PM Imran Khan]. The Opposition has a unanimous stance that the government should go home,” sources quoted Shabaz as saying.<\/p>\n
In response, according to sources, the Chaudhry brothers told Shahbaz that they would “consult their party leaders on the current political situation” as the coming days “are important”.<\/p>\n
“We will adopt a strategy after consultations,” the brothers said.<\/p>\n