I will try to give proper direction to country’s deteriorating economy: Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 (SABAH): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar will return to Pakistan from London with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday.

According to details, Ishaq Dar will take oath as Senator on Tuesday and assume charge as finance minister on Wednesday.

Ahead of his departure for the country, Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan suffered during the previous four years and each and every know this fact. He said that Almighty Allah called him back to the office he had come for his medical checkup at London. He said, “I will try to give proper direction to the deteriorating economy of the country.”

Earlier on Sunday, Miftah Ismail resigned as finance minister in line with the party’s decision while Ishaq Dar has been nominated as Miftah’s replacement.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting in London to discuss the ongoing situation in the country and measures taken by the sitting coalition government.

The meeting was also attended by former finance minister Ishaq Dar, Marryium Aurangzeb, Miftah Ismail, Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan and Ahad Cheema.

During the meeting, Miftah Ismail tendered his resignation to Nawaz Sharif and thanked the PML-N leadership for providing him with the opportunity and said that he diligently served his duties during his four-month brief tenure.

While accepting his resignation, Nawaz Sharif praised Miftah’s efforts and the way he carried out his duties at a time when the country was facing an economic crisis.

The position was adopted in the meeting that the current government had to extinguish the economic disaster caused by the previous government, while Nawaz Sharif and the premier nominated Senator Ishaq Dar as the finance minister.