The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday summoned PTI leader Shaukat Tarin over his audio call to Khyber Paktwnkha Finance Minister Taimoor Saleem Jhagra to write a letter to International Monetary Fund (IMF).
\nAs per media reports, Tarin has been asked to appear before the agency at 10:00am on September 21.
\n“If you failed to appear, it would mean that you have nothing to say in your defence,” read the FIA notice.
\nLast month, ahead of IMF\u2019s board meeting to approve Pakistan\u2019s bailout package, the PTI leader made telephone calls to Punjab and KP finance ministers asking them to write letters to IMF withdrawing from the commitment for the surplus budget.
\nThe audio leaks endorsed the view that a letter written by the KP finance minister to Miftah Ismail last week threatening to withdraw from the IMF commitment was a deliberate effort to sabotage the government\u2019s efforts to stabilize the economy.
\nIn the leaked audio, Shaukat Tarin can be heard asking Jhagra if he had written the letter.
\n\u201cI am on the way. I have the previous letter. I will send the letter to you after drafting it,\u201d the KP finance minister replied.
\nTarin directed Jhagra that the key point of his letter should be the flood devastation in the province.
\n\u201cFirst point [of the letter] would be that we need huge financial aid for restoration of infrastructure and rehabilitation of flood affectees,\u201d Tarin told the KP finance minister, adding that he has already briefed Punjab\u2019s Finance Minister Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari about it.
\n\u201cBy the way, this is a blackmailing tactic,\u201d he admitted, adding that nobody gives money.
\nTarin directed the KP finance minister to dispatch the letter today. He maintained that a copy of the letter would be forwarded to the IMF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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