PTI excludes CoD-type economic charter – Pakistan

• Khosa questions the effectiveness of the 2006 charter, saying its commitments were never honored. • Alleges that successive governments have weakened democratic norms, judicial independence and constitutional supremacy.

ISLAMABAD: While Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered a dialogue to the opposition and suggested that all political parties work towards an ‘Economy Charter’, the PTI on Sunday made it clear that the prime minister should not expect a PPP-PML-N style CoD from the party.

Party leaders Sardar Latif Khosa, Taimur Khan Jhagra, Mobeen Arif Jutt and Rana Atif were speaking at a press conference in Islamabad.

Mr Khosa questioned the results of the previous CoD signed by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in 2006, saying no commitment under the agreement had been honoured. He claimed that subsequent governments had acted contrary to his spirit by weakening democratic norms and constitutional supremacy, eroding judicial independence, manipulating electoral processes, restricting political freedoms and freedom of expression, shrinking political space and undermining the overall democratic framework.

He added that the PML-N formed the government despite winning only 17 seats, while the PTI was denied power despite winning over 180 seats in the general elections.

The PTI chief maintained that party members and leaders had been victims of political victimization, with hundreds of cases registered against Imran Khan, his wife and associates, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, a cancer survivor.

He expressed concern that the budget would not only aggravate the sufferings of the masses but also have an adverse impact on the national economy. He questioned how the government planned to meet its revenue targets after failing to meet previous targets, warning that additional taxation would further burden existing taxpayers and could push millions of low- and middle-income families below the poverty line.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Jhagra slammed the government for increasing the tax on petroleum up to Rs 100 per litre, arguing that the move would have a cascading impact on all segments of the society.

He said the “elephant in the room” was the ever-increasing cost of running the state. If the government was serious about putting Pakistan on the path to prosperity, he argued, it should show the courage to cut back on extravagant spending.

Dismissing the government’s claims of economic recovery, he said exports had declined by 6 percent and investments by 26.5 percent, while most economic targets had not been met in key sectors.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Jutt said the government had failed to present a clear strategy to broaden the tax base or attract new taxpayers into the net. He noted that the ruling coalition was presenting its fifth budget, but had not provided significant relief to the public in the past five years.

Mr. Atif questioned the government’s claims of economic stabilization, arguing that the ruling coalition had imposed unprecedented taxes over the past five years while failing to implement meaningful structural reforms.

Meanwhile, former National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said the government had “handed over the economy to the IMF”, leaving farmers, industrialists and other segments of society in distress.

He said the PTI was denied a level playing field in the Gilgit-Baltistan elections.

Published in Dawn, June 15, 2026

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