ISLAMABAD
Opposition leader in Senate Dr. Shehzad Wasim on Friday took a hardliner against PML-N led coalition government for increase in petroleum products’ prices.
The PML-N-led government on Thursday had announced a massive hike in the price of petroleum products [petrol, oil, lubricants or POL] after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) emphasised abolishing the subsidies on the essential commodities.
Talking in the upper house of Parliament on Friday, Dr. Shehzad Wasim said “imported” government was responsible for all the economic and political chaos in the country. “The nation came down to streets across the country to protest against this imported government,” Wasim told senators.
In his furious speech, the opposition leader said PML-N led government had used all the tactics to stop people from protesting and participating in PTI’s “Haqiqi Azadi March” but the nation became part of protest demonstrations in huge numbers. “Nation proved that vigor and zeal cannot be defeated,” he added.
Wasim also appreciated media for covering PTI’s long march despite harsh sanctions. “Government’s goons took innocent people out of their vans and killed them. Our members of National Assembly were tortured and harassed.
Tear gas was fired at the masses. People know that imported government cannot protect their interest,” he said.
