'Beggar-like' image before 'friends': Pakistan PM Sharif on country's economic state

Addressing country's dwindling economic state, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently raised concerns over country's depleting finances. He outlined that 'even friendly countries have started looking down upon them thinking that Islamabad as a nation is always begging for money.

Quoting the Prime Minister, Pakistan daily 'The Dawn' reported that Sharif stressed how even the smaller economies have trumped them, while they have been wandering around for 75 years with a begging bowl.

Blaming the Imran Khan-led previous government for the country's grim situation, Sharif alleged that Khan-led regime violated the agreement with International Monetary Fund, therefore, compelling the current government to agree on stringent conditions laid down the organisatio,

"IMF had even threatened withdrawal of its programme if the agree conditions were not met," Sharif added

The current statement has emerged at a time when the country is hit with one of its worst floods, which has claimed over thousand lives. In the aftermath of the floods, Islamabad sought aid and relief support from neigbouring countries including India.

Sharif also lauded his government's efforts in bringing back the country from the doldrums to a great extent. He outlined that the country was on the verge of economic default when he assumed power in April.