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The PTI on Wednesday wrote a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling on the global lender to ensure that its guidelines regarding \u201cgood governance as well as conditionalities\u201d were satisfied before granting a financial facility to Pakistan.<\/p>\n
It also demanded an election audit of \u201cat least 30 per cent of the national and provincial assemblies\u2019 seats\u201d, which the party said could be accomplished in \u201cmerely two weeks\u201d.<\/p>\n
Last week, PTI Senator Ali Zafar had said imprisoned PTI founder Imran Khan would write to the IMF<\/a> and urge it to call for an independent audit of the February 8 general elections before continuing talks with Islamabad.<\/p>\n He said that the IMF, the European Union and other organisations had a charter that stated that good governance was needed for working in the country or giving a loan. \u201cThe most important condition for good governance is democracy,\u201d Barrister Zafar said, claiming that the people\u2019s mandate was stolen \u201cin the darkness of the night\u201d during the polls.<\/p>\n However, the party\u2019s move was met with severe criticism<\/a> from political forces. The party\u2019s rivals PML-N and PPP had said that writing such a letter would be akin to inviting foreign intervention in the country\u2019s domestic affairs.<\/p>\n