LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President and former prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the statements of the ministers that the Pak Army and economy have no link to each other are idiotic because security is closely linked to economy.
Talking to media here on Friday, he said that the present government is intentionally jeopardizing the economy to put the burden on the army and other institutions, the former already busy defending frontiers of the country. He said that the sepoy who is performing duty on the border has to also worry about running his household, and hence, it is his right to asks questions pertaining to price hikes in the economy.
Replying to a question about the situation in the Punjab, Shujat Hussain said that during chief minister-ship of Ch Parvez Elahi, the public exchequer was in surplus with Rs 150 billion but now it is in deficit of Rs 700 billion.
