: Minister for Power Division Omar Ayub Khan told the National Assembly on Friday that the country’s total debt has swelled to Rs29,000 billion from Rs15,000 billion in 2013. Depicting a gloomy picture of the country’s economy, he said the circular debt in power sector had become Rs1,300 billion while petroleum sector debt had also increased to a phenomenal Rs150 billion. Baloch compared Finance Minister Asad Umar with Raja Todar Mal, the finance minister of Mughal emperor Akbar. “What the today’s Todar Mal, Asad Umar, has done with the people in the budget. On this, Todar Mal must be turning his sides in his grave,” she stated.

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2018 18:22 UTC