Sharif wants to put his house in order

Sharif, in an interview with Time a few hours after calling the army into the nation’s largest city, said the army will remain in Karachi “as long as it has to.” “I’m very, very clear-headed as far as these matters are concerned. We have to put our house in order,” he added.

Sharif, however, was optimistic about the economic scene in the country. “Pakistan was forced to conduct nuclear explosions and, as a consequence, sanctions were imposed and the IMF loan package was terminated. Now we have a balance of payments problem, but it’s because of the sanctions. Our economy is resilient,” he said.

The Pakistan Prime Minister hoped that his country’snegotiations with the IMF would be successful.

`In a couple of days, we’ll have results. The world has a stake in an economically strong Pakistan. It’s also in the interests of regional stability,” he said.

The interview with the Pakistan Prime Minister appears in the November 30 issue of the magazine.