Ready to supply assist and share our money switch programme with India, mentioned Imran Khan.(FILE)
New Delhi:
In a pointy retort to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s supply to share expertise of his authorities’s money switch scheme, India on Thursday reminded him that the dimensions of its financial stimulus package deal to cope with the coronavirus pandemic is as giant as Pakistan’s GDP.
The response by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) got here hours after Khan, in a collection of tweets, supplied to share with India Pakistan’s expertise of implementing its “successful” money switch programme following stories of how poor individuals in India are battling poverty in view of the coronavirus lockdown.
“Pakistan is better known for making cash transfers to bank accounts outside the country rather than giving to its own people. Clearly, Imran Khan needs a new set of advisers and better information,” MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava mentioned throughout an internet media briefing.
“We all know about their debt problem (almost 90 per cent of GDP) and how much they have pressed for debt restructuring. It would also be better for them to remember that India has a stimulus package, which is as large as Pakistan’s annual GDP,” he mentioned.
Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a Rs 20 lakh crore financial stimulus package deal for numerous key sectors to cope with the antagonistic impression of the pandemic.
In his tweets, Mr Khan mentioned his authorities has efficiently transferred Rs 120 billion in 9 weeks to over 10 million households in a “transparent manner” to cope with the fallout of COVID-19 on the poor.
I’m prepared to supply assist and share our profitable money switch programme, lauded internationally for its attain and transparency, with India, the Pakistan prime minister added.