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Asad Umar

HARDtalk: Asad Umar

12/12/2018 GMT

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Stephen Sackur speaks to Pakistan's finance minister Asad Umar.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Pakistan's finance minister Asad Umar. Is Imran Khan's PTI Government strong enough to put Pakistan on a new course?

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Pakistan's finance minister Asad Umar. It took former cricketer Imran Khan two decades of political slog to win power in Pakistan. It's taken his critics just months to decide he's out of his depth. They point to the country's crippled economy; propped up by emergency loans despite Imran's promise to end the begging bowl culture. Is the PTI Government strong enough to put Pakistan on a new course?

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