Pakistan finance minister cancels US trip due to political crisis

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KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday (Apr 8) said he had cancelled his trip to Washington for the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World

on the orders of the prime minister due to the political situation in the country.

stalled since November, while a bruising political battle is raging between the government and former prime minister Imran Khan. "We are stuck in a strange mess as a country … so under these circumstances, on the orders of the prime minister, I have dropped plans to be there physically," Dar said in a televised address.

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