People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday said that the government is “robbing” masses by an exorbitant increase of Rs5 per liter in the prices of petrol and diesel.
Rejecting the “massive” hike in the prices of petroleum products, Bilawal said that the rulers have set another record by fixing per liter price at Rs123.
“The entire nation is crying due to record inflation and Khan Sahib is fiddling,” said the PPP chairman.
Talking about promises made by the PTI with the masses and tall claims of relief after the budget, Bilawal Bhutto asked, “Khan Sahib! When will the good days come for the nation?”
FAWAD CHAUDHRY: Meanwhile, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry repeated the same old rhetoric that oil prices in Pakistan are still the lowest in the region.
In a series of tweets Thursday, the minister said Pakistan imports oil and whenever prices will go up in the world market, the government will have to increase them.
Interestingly, he claimed that the income of 75 percent of population has also increased significantly as a result of which our purchasing power is better than that of India.
However, acknowledging the difficulties of the salaried class, he said our 60 percent of the population is engaged with the agriculture sector which has received an additional income of Rs1,100 billion.
He said the income of millions of people associated with construction and industries has also increased.
