Pakistani ex-Prime Minister Khan wants the IMF to link talks to an independent audit of the election

Published February 23, 2024 9:22 AM

By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is writing a letter to the International Monetary Fund urging it to link any talks with Islamabad to an audit of the country’s recent election. Khan’s party alleges the vote was rigged. Senator Ali Zafar is a a top leader from Khan’s party. He made his remarks Friday after meeting with Khan at a prison where the former prime minister is serving multiple prison sentences. Pakistan narrowly averted a default on foreign payments last summer when the IMF approved a $3 billion bailout following talks with former Prime Ministser Shehbaz Sharif who replaced Khan after his ouster in 2022.

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