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PTI leader Asad Umar. —AFP Former finance minister and PTI leader Asad Umar called out the PML-N and PPP leaderships for congratulating the nation as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revived the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme for Pakistan. On Monday, the IMF Board approved the much-awaited seventh and eighth reviews of the stalled $6 billion Pakistan programme. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail congratulated the nation for the revival of the IMF programme and thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for saving the country from default. However, former finance minister and senior PTI leader Asad Umar shared old statements of PM Shehbaz, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto and other PML-N leaders over the IMF deal and said “now these shameless [people] are congratulating the nation over an IMF deal.” Tarin instigates Punjab to withdraw from the IMF deal Earlier, alleged leaked audio of PTI leader Shaukat Tarin and Punjab Finance Minister Mohsin Leghari surfaced on media

PTI Secretary General Asad Umar speaking to media in Karachi. — Video screenshot/Geo.tv PTI's Asad Umar says Taimoor Jhagra "has asked for KP's right". Warns against attempts to "suppress" his voice. Claims PTI was in much stronger position to negotiate with IMF. PTI Secretary General Asad Umar on Saturday defended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimur Jhagra — under fire for backing out of a key International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirement — saying the minister "asked for KP's right" and no one should "suppress his voice". Umar's remarks come a day after Jhagra wrote to Minister for Finance Miftah Ismail saying it will be "next to impossible" for the province to run a surplus this fiscal year. He asked for the government to resolve outstanding issues such as budget allocations for the former federally administered tribal area (FATA), monthly transfers of net hydel profits in accordance with agreed ter