Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan wants IMF | Imran Khan News

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan wants IMF to link talks with Islamabad to review of country's elections:

The IMF has not commented on Khan's high-profile move to write the letter.

Published: Friday, February 23, 2024, 10:03 p.m. 

Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to the International Monetary Fund asking it to link any talks with Islamabad to a review of recent elections that it claims were fraudulent, the  party released on Friday. did. Senator Ali Zafar, a top leader of Mr. Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party (PTI), made the remarks on television after meeting Mr. Khan at  Adiala prison, where he is serving multiple  sentences.

This latest development comes days before the IMF begins disbursing major installments of relief loans to Pakistan. This comes as IMF spokesperson Julie Kozak said the global financial institution stands ready to work with Pakistan's new government on "measures to ensure macroeconomic stability and prosperity for all Pakistanis." It was also held the next day. The IMF has not commented on Khan's high-profile move to write the letter.

Last summer, Pakistan received the IMF's long-awaited $3 bailout package after months of talks with former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who replaced Khan after he was ousted in a 2022 no-confidence vote in parliament. Approved, narrowly avoiding default on external payments. approved. Sharif is now negotiating with allies to form a coalition government after no party, including Khan's, won a majority in the Feb. 8 vote. In the election, Khan's candidates won 93 of the 265 seats in parliament, but this was not enough to form a government. Khan's party claims it has evidence that officials changed election results in dozens of constituencies to turn candidates' victories into defeats, but election watchdogs deny this claim. 

There is. "The PTI candidate who won (the election) was defeated due to voter fraud," Zafar said, adding that Khan urged the IMF to conduct an independent election audit before continuing talks to certify loans to Pakistan. He added that he was looking for it. The IMF and Khan's former government are at loggerheads over the former prime minister's failure to fully comply with a 2019 deal that gave him a $6 billion bailout. Announcement of key parts of this relief package remained pending, leading to a sudden rise in inflation and the devaluation of Pakistan's currency against the US dollar. Sharif, who is set to become the country's new prime minister, said he would negotiate a new rescue package with the IMF to address his biggest challenge: combating inflation and improving the country's sluggish economy.

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