'To change your destiny, you have to start again', Alvi advised the people of Pakistan
Pakistan: Politician Alvi said the country's economy needs political stability, as underlined by the International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and other global institutions.
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Former President of Pakistan Arif Alvi stressed that the people here will have to 'reset, alt-delete and restart' to change their destiny. That means we will have to start from the beginning. He said the 'poor but hard-working' country polarized by political differences deserves better.
Alvi, who was the President of Pakistan from 2018 to March 2024, on Thursday criticized the current situation of the country which is facing a cash crunch on social media platform X. The 74-year-old leader said, 'The argument of some people that this has happened before and others have also done the same, all this has no validity because it is a retrograde thinking.'
He said, 'We have to start from the beginning to change our destiny. Who will do this? Who can do this? Is this even possible? I think it is possible because we have the capacity and a poor but hard-working country deserves better.
Taking a dig at the decline of Pakistan's economy, politics and judiciary, he said that there is serious pressure on the country's institutions, which are being forced to adopt partisan stances. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and other international organisations have stressed the importance of political stability for the nation's economy, the politician claimed. The dream of foreign direct investment (FDI) will remain unattainable in the absence of local investment.
Before taking office in 2018, Alvi was a close aide to the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan. He is also a prominent figure in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Alvi claimed that a political farce was being performed in Parliament using a stolen mandate.
It is noteworthy that Khan and his party have been continuously saying that the results of the general elections held on February 8 were rigged and the army was in favour of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) coming to power. Cricketer-turned-politician Imran, 71, has claimed that his party's mandate has been stolen and efforts are being made to take the party to power.
Although PTI-backed independent candidates won more seats in the National Assembly, the post-poll alliance between PML-N and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) allowed them to form a government under the leadership of PML-N party president Shehbaz Sharif.
