*LAHORE – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the country is facingthe worst fiscal deficit in history.*
He expressed these views during a meeting with CPNE officials. During themeeting, the prime minister said that Imran Khan laid a mine for the nextgovernment by freezing oil prices. “We want to give a relief to the peoplebut rising oil prices in the world are a chain on our feet. If we would bestrong then no one can dictate to us.”
“PECA Ordinance should be reviewed and clauses against freedom of the pressin it should be removed immediately,” he added.
The prime minister said that a detailed meeting was held with thebureaucrats. “In the presence of the NAB, the bureaucrats are under severepressure. They say that they cannot work in the presence of NAB.”
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He said that Imran Niazi has brought CPEC in the worst state. “We arehighly respected in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Our position on Kashmir isthe same as that of Kashmiris. The Kashmir issue cannot be resolved unlesswe are strong,” he maintained.
