Imran Khan says visiting Russia a day before Ukraine invasion was "embarassing"
- By Web Desk -
- Nov 14, 2022
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan said in an interview that visiting Russia a day before Putin invaded Ukraine was “embarrassing”.
The former PM spoke to Financial Times on a number of issues and said that visiting Russia a day before attack on Ukraine was “embarrassing” but the visit was planned months in advance.
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In an interview where he signaled his desire to build better ties with United States based on mutual respect, PTI Chief Imran Khan said that Pakistan he wants to lead must have good relationships with everyone, “especially the United States”.
“Our relationship with the US has been as of a master-servant relationship, or a master-slave relationship, and we’ve been used like a hired gun. But for that I blame my own governments more than the US,” said Imran Khan.
The PTI chief also criticised the IMF programme for terms that directly affect the common man, decreases consumption and halts growth.
“When you contract the economy, and some of the IMF measures make your economy shrink, how are you supposed to pay off your loans, because your loans keep increasing?” he said. “Consumption has crashed . . . So my question is: How are we going to pay our debts? We are certainly going to head towards default.”