Speaking to the media, Prime Minister Imran Khan conceded that delaying thefinancial deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was the ‘biggestmistake’ of his government.

He said, “In times of such a financial crisis, we should have immediatelygone to the IMF.” The premier also acknowledged the oversight ininstitutional reforms. He said, “The second biggest mistake was notinitiating the process of institutional reforms.”

The Prime Minister also spoke regarding the opposition’s protest movement,the coronavirus pandemic, and the foreign policy of the country.

While speaking about the rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, heremarked that planned efforts were being made to weaken the nations by a“source.” He said that the same was being done against Pakistan. He furtherstated, “A coalition comprising a few countries does not want to see astrong Pakistan.” He said that efforts were being made to cause unrest inPakistan.——————————

The premier said,

Whatever happened in Iraq was for the same reasons. Iraq and Iran were madeto fight each other in an attempt to break up the two nations.

Regarding the matter of opposition parties threatening to resign from theassemblies, PM Imran said that in case that materializes, his government iswilling to hold elections immediately. He capped it by reiterating hisstatement that the government is willing to negotiate with the oppositionparties, but no NRO will be offered.