Tags : Shaukat Tarin

Shaukat Tarin left PTI, steps down from Senate

LAHORE: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin has resigned from the Senate, the upper house of the parliament, after parting ways with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Tarin, who was a close aid of former PTI chief Imran Khan, revealed it while talking to the media in Lahore. It is the latest departure from the embattled PTI […]Read More

Pak facing worst economic crisis due to PDM govt: Shaukat

ISLAMABAD: Former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that the PDM government has brought the country’s economy to the verge of default. Details indicate that the former finance minister claimed in a statement that the PDM government’s incompetence was the reason why the country was experiencing its greatest economic crisis. Also Read: AC returns references […]Read More

Ex Minister Shaukat Tarin booked by FIA in audio leak

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a case against former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin under PECA over viral audio clips allegedly aimed at sabotaging deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This came just a day after Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Sunday the federal government had allowed the Federal Investigation […]Read More

Tarin snubs Ishaq Dar over a live debate challenge

ISLAMABAD: The former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has reacted to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’ challenge to former premier and party Chairman Imran Khan for a live debate on country’s economy, saying Dar is suffering from disappointment. Also Read: Caretaker CM Punjab allots portfolios to 8 ministers In a statement issued the other day, Shaukat Tarin […]Read More

Did Shaukat Tarin talk to Taimur Saleem on Whatsapp?

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister for finance Shaukat Tarin has been once again entangled into a controversy as he claimed that the call he made to KPK finance minister for writing a letter to the IMF was a WhatsApp call. The claim of Tarin inferred that the call recorded by an intelligence gathering agency as only […]Read More

IMF approves revival of Pakistan’s EFF programme: Miftah Ismail

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board on Monday approved the seventh and eighth reviews of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility Programme (EFF), Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said in a tweet. The approval means Pakistan will get  $1.17 billion in funds. Also Read: Shaukat Tareen sparks off Punjab to withdraw form IMF deal “The IMF Board has […]Read More

Govt wants to drown middle class: Shaukat Tarin

Islamabad: Former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that the person who said that he would sell his clothes to feed the people has undressed the public now, private news reported.  According to details, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader responded to the fuel hike and said that the government announced in the senate to not […]Read More

IMF deal won’t serve public interest; says Shaukat Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin Thursday said the agreement with IMF would not serve the interest of the public, as the government had accepting fund’s harsh conditions flatly refused by the PTI government. Speaking at a news conference here, he said the PTI-led government took a bold step. Also rejected the IMF conditions of […]Read More

Govt is paying Rs 104 B, to Maintain the prices

LAHORE: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said the government has to pay Rs104bn from the exchequer. To keep petrol prices at Rs150 per liter. Otherwise, in view of current international prices. The domestic petrol price should be Rs240 per liter. However, the super cycle of inflation is worrisome for the government. As commodity prices […]Read More