Pak’s Oppn says increase in power, petrol prices economic murder of people
Pakistan’s opposition party has slammed Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government and said the rise in power tariff and petrol prices is the “economic murder” of the people, local media reported on Monday.
Ahead of the anti-government long march scheduled for February 27, the Pakistan Peoples Party chairman said that after an increase of Rs 4 in power tariff, prices of petroleum products had now been raised by more than Rs 3 per litre, Dawn newspaper reported.
“This was economic murder” of the people committed by the present coalition government of PTI,” Bhutto-Zardari said, adding that the PPP’s long march was aimed at saving people from inflation and economic crisis.
