This week’s public criticism by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar targeting the International Monetary Fund’s intentions towards Pakistan exposed the disastrous course taken by part of the ruling structure as the country battles the worst economic challenge in the nation’s history.

Dar, known for locking horns with the IMF during his previous tenure as finance minister, has a history of taking on the lender on items unrelated to the relevant. Though named as foreign minister and subsequently the deputy prime minister, Dar has periodically shown more than an active interest in his former cabinet portfolio.

In his latest faux pas [and it is a faux pas] during a Defence Day event in the UK, Dar reportedly questioned the IMF’s intentions towards Pakistan, and presented details of how the Fund had stalled its financing to the country over eight months when he served as finance........

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