The 3 November 2021 address of Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, regarding inflation was to prepare opinion for another batch of catastrophic IMF economic policies. The so-called 120 billion Rupees “relief” package announced for 20 million people, amounts to only Rs. 1,000 per person per month, for six months. This is whilst the middle classes and poor are crushed by inflation, with sugar at nearly Rs. 150 per kg, cooking oil is at Rs. 350 per kg and the unit cost of electricity is over Rs. 20. (more…)
