Islamabad :
PTI has responded to the interview of Finance Minister Muftah Ismail to CNN. Former Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen has said that first they abuse us then they follow our own policies. How is buying oil from India, this government has drowned the economy.
Shaukat Tareen said that if there are sanctions on Russia then how the government is contacting Russia to buy wheat, how will it be paid. While PTI leader Farrukh Habib said that Muftah Ismail has accepted Imran Khan’s The government had written a letter to Russia asking for cheap oil. He added that Russia could not buy oil if there were international sanctions.
India is also a strategic partner of the United States and has taken 34 million barrels of cheap oil from Russia. India has not been banned. This slave government is harming Pakistan and its people.
It is believed that Finance Minister Muftah Ismail said that the reason for not buying oil from Russia was sanctions on Russia. Maybe, if we buy oil from Russia, how would they pay for the sanctions, while the finance minister also said that they have contacted Russia to buy wheat.
Earlier, Finance Minister Muftah Ismail had said that Russia had not offered a 30% discount on oil and wheat, adding that there was a possibility of withdrawal of subsidies and increase in taxes in the budget. “The previous government had approached Russia for oil. Russia did not respond after the sanctions were imposed. We have contacted Ukraine and Russia for wheat. Whichever of the two countries provides us with wheat,” he said. We will buy
The Federal Minister said that due to sanctions, it would be very difficult to buy oil from Russia. Russia had not offered any 30% discount on oil and wheat. can. He said that the IMF’s eyes are on the budget and then the agreement is expected.