Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the corrupt opposition cannot run a campaign for the public as their entire movement is for a National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
In an an interview with a TV channel, he said that he never made excuses of not being prepared but talked about being briefed before assuming office as the prime minister.
To a question whether he was aware of the situation of the country when he claimed to turning the fate of the country after becoming PM, the prime minister said: “I was fully aware of the country’s crisis. I have told in my previous interviews that there were no easy solutions to the country’s problem. The country was under the debt of 6000 billion dollars in 60 years but the country’s debt reached to 30,000 billion during the last 10 years of the previous governments.”
Clarifying his statement regarding his preparation, Imran Khan said that his statement was taken in wrongly and he had given an example of the US president-elect Joe Biden who was being given briefing by every govt departments regarding their situation and when he would assume office, his entire team would be ready to tackle the challenges being faced by their ministries. When I came into power, I came to know the PIA was under 450 billion debt and the steel mill was shut down due to its 3.5 billion debt. The PSM employees had filed cases due to which the investors didn’t show their interest in investing. “I was of the view that the presentations would be helpful before coming into power and when you assume office, you would immediately start work,” he added.
