Fuel price hike: Ishaq Dar opposes PML-N govt’s move
PML-N central leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar has opposed the fuel price hike and said that it was not a good decision.
Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) central leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar has opposed the fuel price hike and claimed that he was unaware of the decision taken by its own party’s government for increasing petrol and diesel rates.
The PML-N government increased the petroleum products prices up to Rs30, however, Ishaq Dar told anchorperson Gharida Farooqi during a programme that he came to know about the new fuel prices from the media.
He clearly said that it was not a good decision and he gave his opinion to the PML-N leadership against hiking the petrol prices. He said that the changes in the petroleum products prices were apparently made following the talks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the approval was given by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Dar said that the nation should be given details of the IMF loan programme signed by the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, promising to completely end the fuel subsidies.
ہمارے پروگرام کے دوران ہی خبر آ گئی حکومت نے 30روپے پٹرول کی قیمت بڑھا دی۔ اسحاق ڈار نے کہا میرے نزدیک یہ اچھا فیصلہ نہیں ہے۔۔
سنئیے مکمل جواب۔۔ #GFG pic.twitter.com/xeZEbROzXT
— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) May 26, 2022
Yesterday, Miftah Ismail announced the hike in petroleum products prices.
Government has decided to increase the prices of Petrol, High Speed Diesel, Kerosene Oil and Light Diesel Oil by Rs 30 per litre from Friday May 27, 2022. New prices will go into effect at midnight. The new price of petrol will be Rs 179.86 & diesel will be Rs 174.15 per litre.
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) May 26, 2022
Renowned journalists criticised the PML-N government for hiking the petrol and diesel prices.
Bomb….Government to increase Rs 30 per litre on petroleum prices from F tonight
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) May 26, 2022
مفتاح اسماعیل کہ رہے ہیں حکومت تیل برآمد کرنے والے ممالک سے پھی سستا پٹرول دے رہے تھے
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) May 26, 2022
Finally huge increase of petrol price in one go. Wish the government had done it the day after taking over. Now they have to announce fresh elections, as @ImranKhanPTI had asked. Vote Bank KAPUT, in short, if the PML-N now goes for early election.
— Nusrat Javeed (@javeednusrat) May 26, 2022
پٹرول کی قیمتوں میں تیس روپے بڑھنے سے اسٹاک مارکیٹ مستحکم ہوئ ہے اور اب آئی ایم ایف پیسے بھی دے گا لیکن مہنگائی کے طوفان کو روکنے کے لئے حکومت کو غیر معمولی اقدامات کرنا ہوں گے۔ مہنگائی سب سے بڑا چیلنج ہے خدارا !غریب کو ریلیف دیں ۔ #PetrolDieselPriceHike
— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) May 27, 2022
So, finally the government has decided to take the bitter pill. This means, contrary to what many believe, the coalition govt is here to stay at least in the foreseeable future! https://t.co/Ri4n9fX6hV
— Kamran Yousaf (@Kamran_Yousaf) May 26, 2022
