PTI’s White Paper holds PDM-led govt responsible for skyrocketing record inflation

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has presented the white paper on the economy of the country and held the PDM-led government responsible for ruining the economy and causing unbearable inflation.

The while paper presented in the presence of PTI leaders Hammad Azhar, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Shaukat Tareen and Asad Umar highlighted a comparison of prices of food items in the last nine months of the PDM government with the previous nine months of the PTI government, revealing that the prices of food items had increased alarmingly in the last nine months.

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PTI Chairman Imran Khan also addressed the ceremony and highlighted the performance of his government and problems faced by the PTI regime.

The paper revealed that the price of flour increased by 86 per cent in the last nine months whereas the rates of milk raised by 28pc, rice by 60pc, meat by 16.4pc and egg by 115pc.

The prices of tomatoes went up by 34pc, onion by 338pc, cooking oil by 15.2pc, fruits and vegetables by 50pc, tea leaves by 60pc, and sugar by 7.3pc.

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Earlier, the PTI leaders is presenting the white paper on Pakistan’s economy during a seminar in the provincial capital.

Addressing the ceremony, economist Ali Khizar said some worrying news was coming up for Pakistan. “We may witness food and electricity shortages in coming months.”

He explained the difficulties for Pakistan regarding debt servicing. “The government is unable to run the IMF programme because of the political uncertainty”

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KP finance minister Taimur Khan Jhagra, speaking on the occasion, said in just nine months, the PDM govt had withheld around Rs232 billion from their province alone.

He said the federal government was not fulfilling its promises regarding merger of FATA and that the KP was dealing security threats in former FATA on its own.