PESHAWAR
Amun Taraqqi Party (ATP) chairman Muhammad Faiq Shah said instead of removing inflation, poverty and public miseries, the interim government has also adopted a policy of erasing poor people by following footprints of previous regimes.
Criticising the caretaker government for lackluster response toward resolution of public issues, Shah said price-hike has broken all previous records.
He said the poor people are [protesting] on the streets against inflation and inflated power bills.
He added that the price of life saving drugs has increased exorbitantly.
Shah said the situation is forcing people on rebellion.
He warned that if the present government didn’t pay serious attention to people’s issues, that would cause chaos and anarchy, which wasn’t in the best interest of the country.
Faiq was chairing a meeting of the party’s central executive committee here on Monday.
Apart from members of CEC, central and provincial leaders, heads of divisional organisations from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab and other regions participated in the meeting.
Calling the government’s announced relief in power bills as nothing but ‘it’s like cumin seed in the mouth of camel’, the ATP chief demanded of the government to bring reduction in heavy taxes/power tariff.
He strongly opposed the adopting policy of political vendetta and urged to resolve issues through holding dialogue.
“In politics, the doors of dialogue are never closed,” he added.
Shah warned that Pakistan “is in dire need of political stability; if stability does not come, the situation will become serious and dire.”
Talking about rising prices of sugar, flour and other essential food items, the party leader demanded pragmatic steps to break smuggling, cartelization and mafia in the country.
He said prices of food basket have increased manifold in the country hitting poor segments of the society harder.
Faiq urged the interim government to not waste time on non-serious issues and to take proactive measures to provide relief to people at their doorstep.
