ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan lambasted the incumbent government over the massive petrol price hike in the country.
While taking to his Twitter, PTI chairman said that the recent price hike is the biggest one-time increase in the country.
“The nation has begun to pay the price for the enslavement of foreign masters of the imported government,” he added.
While blaming the government for the skyrocketing petroleum prices, Imran Khan said that the government didn’t get the 30% cheaper oil from Russia while contrastingly India did and reduced Rs 25 per liter fuel prices.
He also warned the nation about the forthcoming sufferings due to the expected inflation after the increase in petrol prices.
Notably, the PML-N-led government has dropped an atom bomb on the already inflation-hit people of Pakistan to massively increase petrol, diesel and other POL products’ prices by Rs 30: Petrol – Rs179.86; Diesel – Rs174.15; Kerosene oil – Rs155.56 and Light diesel – Rs148.31 are new rates.
The announcement was made by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Thursday while addressing the press conference in Islamabad on Thursday.
The finance minister noted that following the decision to hike the prices, financial markets would witness stability, the rupee would strengthen, and the economy would get a boost.
