WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, who is on an official visit to the United States (US), said on Monday Pakistan was ready to buy fuel from Russia on the rate it was providing to neighbouring country India.
While replying to a question by the media, he hoped that the West would also have no objection on import of the discounted fuel in the wake of Pakistan’s financial hardship due to unprecedented recent floods, which devastated large parts of the country.
The finance minister said the coalition government in Centre had enough time to return to political front. “Ten 10 months are enough for the government to restore its political prestige and win popularity.
“We were to select one thing among the two: either to save our politics or the state. We opted for the second,” he said while commenting on the by-polls results. To a question about US President Biden’s statement on Pakistan’s nuclear programme, he said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had already said that a robust command and control system was in place in the country. The US authorities also acknowledge it often, he added.
Ishaq Dar said: “I have held 58 meetings with the heads of international financial institutions, the US, Saudi Arabia and other countries’ authorities during my 4-day stay in Washington.”
He said the World Bank (WB) and the UK hosted a roundtable conference to discuss floods in Pakistan. The UNDP, ADB and the WB authorities presented a joint report there, he added. According to the report,...
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