![]() That is what the coalition government attempted to do when Tariq Fatemi, one of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s advisers, met Ms Sherman earlier this month in Washington to convey a message similar to that of the army chief. ![]() Nevertheless, it is for Islamabad, and not Rawalpindi, to handle the delay in disbursement of the funds. The report, based on sources in the US and Pakistan, said that “dwindling foreign reserves” have triggered “a scramble in Islamabad to avoid a default”.Ĭertainly, Pakistan’s economic situation is grim - grim enough to make individuals, or institutions, believe it warrants an all-hands-on-deck approach, which was likely the impetus behind Gen Bajwa’s move to have the IMF bailout expedited. ![]() And the urge to ‘shepherd’ matters that clearly belong in the civilian domain has once again manifested itself.Īccording to a dispatch from New York by Nikkei Asia, Gen Qamar Bajwa held a phone conversation earlier this week with the US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to request Washington’s assistance in securing speedy disbursement of IMF funds. Indeed, domestic political developments in the past few months have pivoted around this claim. ![]() THE ISPR has of late asserted ad nauseam that the military has “nothing to do with politics”, implying one may assume that institutional boundaries will (henceforth) not be trespassed. ![]()
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