ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sherry Rehman Tuesday flayed PTI the government over its incapability to control the declining price of the Pakistani rupee against the US dollar as saying the PTI regime and its policies were responsible for the rupee devaluation.

In a Twitter message today, she said, “The prime minister was informed about the value of the dollar on TV first. I have never seen such an irresponsible government. The rupee has depreciated by 30.5% in the last three years. In 2018, the dollar was Rs123, which is now Rs178. The government and its policies are responsible for the free fall and uncertainty of the rupee.”

“The [US] dollar has reached its highest level of 178.17. In the open market, the dollar has reached Rs 181.20. The government acquits itself by putting the responsibility on the bookies. Are bookies now deciding the value of the national economy and the rupee? Or is the government part of this conspiracy?