In actual reality, what PML-N left is a lot worse than even this I am afraid. The monthly CA was 2.5 billion dollars - that is to say we were burning 2.5 billion dollars every month. No trajectory correction ofc.
PTI left it at around 17 billion for the new govt but the key is that the current CA monthly for last three months has been around 0.5 billion.
What’s left is the discussion on debt. Again a world of difference. Most of PML-N debt was short term and had to be paid back right away. PTI has tried to move away from short term debt to longer term debt that increases the debt amount in nominal terms but decreases servicing cost. Totally different numbers. 60 billion dollars of debt that you need to pay back in 5 years is not the same as 90 billion you need to pay over say 10 years.
And then ofc the right way to look at the increase in debt as denominated in rupees term is to convert to dollars and see what the difference is- turns out PTI was much more responsible than the N govt.