Chennai: India has urged Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to get new advisors and better information.
Imran had tweeted: ‘Acc to this report, 34% of households across India will not be able to survive for more than a week without add assistance. I am ready to offer help & share our successful cash transfer prog, lauded internationally for its reach & transparency, with India.’
Reacting sharply, India said its stimulus package is as large as Pakistan’s GDP. ‘Pakistan is better known for making cash transfers to accounts outside the country rather than giving to its own people,’ said MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava, at the weekly virtual briefing.
He added; ‘Clearly, Imran Khan needs a set of new advisers and better information. We have all known about their debt problems (almost 90 per cent of GDP) and how much they have pressed for debt reconstruction.’