ISLAMABAD: On Wednesday, former Finance Minister Senator Shaukat Tarin claimed that Chief Economist Pakistan Ahmed Zubair has resigned after he was being pressurized to change data on GDP.
Taking to Twitter, Tarin asked the incumbent government why they went on ruining the institutions. “The facts cannot be suppressed,” he said and claimed that Dr Zubair was being pressurized to change GDP data.
My hunch was correct, Dr Zubair has resigned. Why do we try to destroy institutions. Facts cannot be suppressed. pic.twitter.com/FHtAp1chvX
— Shaukat Tarin (@shaukat_tarin) May 18, 2022
Moreover, Shahbaz Gill also tweeted on the matter saying that previously PML-N’s Ishaq Dar was caught red-handed while changing data on GDP and later termed it a typo error. “They have once again resorted to the same tactics,” he said.
چور چوری سے جائے ہیرا پھیری سے نہ جائے
لیکن یہ چور ایسے ہیں کہ
نہ چوری سے جائیں نہ ہیرا پھیری سے
پہلے اسحاق ڈار رنگے ہاتھوں پکڑا گیا تھا جی ڈی پی کے فگرز میں دو نمبری کرتے ہوئے اور ٹائپو ایرر کہہ کر جان چھڑائی
وہی طریقہ وہی واردات ایک بار پھر شروع#امپورٹڈ_حکومت_نامنظور pic.twitter.com/1vnQAFgj57— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) May 18, 2022