IMF loan to Pakistan ‘no less than terror funding’, says Rajnath Singh

Any financial assistance provided by the International Monetary Fund to Pakistan is “no less than terror funding” and should be reconsidered, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday.

Singh was referring to the fresh $1 billion financial assistance programme that the United Nations financial agency approved for Islamabad on May 9 as part of its bailout package.

The defence minister claimed that a large part of the IMF’s funding would be misused by Pakistan. “I believe that Pakistan will spend a large portion of the $1 billion funds received from the International Monetary Fund on terror infrastructure…” Singh said during an event at an Air Force station in Bhuj.

“Wouldn’t this be considered indirect funding [of terrorism] by the International Monetary Fund, which is an international organisation?” Singh asked. “I want to ask this question to the world.”

He added: “I believe that today any global assistance or funding given to Pakistan is no less than terror funding. India wants the IMF to re-think its $1 billion assistance given to Pakistan.”

New Delhi does not want the funds it gives to the IMF to be used for creating terror infrastructure in Pakistan or any other country, said Singh.

मैं मानता हूँ कि आज के समय में पाकिस्तान को किसी भी तरह की आर्थिक सहायता terror financing से कम नहीं है।...

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