Faiq urges interim govt to withdraw hike in electricity, gas tariffs and fuel prices

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PESHAWAR
Amun Taraqqi Party (ATP) chairman Muhammad Faiq Shah said whatever previous rulers and politicians have sown now they are reaping.
He asked the caretaker government to stop testing the patience of inflation-stricken people and immediately withdraw recent increases in prices of electricity, gas and petroleum products and initiate steps to relieve poor masses from present difficult situations.
Shah said politics of vendetta and personal interests gave birth to hatred and dismantled the democratic norms and values.
He said law and justice are restricted to only elites.
He added people didn’t get justice despite spending wealth and their whole life.
A vacuum was being created between people, democracy and institutions, resultantly destruction had come everywhere in the country, the ATP chief remarked.
Faiq was responding to various queries of people from various segments during an online open forum “Khuli Kacheri” here on Saturday.
“We didn’t learn from the past and mistakes and lost precious 76 years”,.
The party chief said negative growth was witnessing almost all sectors, especially exports, trade and commercial activities are rapidly downward in the country that has triggered massive unemployment
On the other hand, he said braindrain was on the rise as a large number of people were applying for national passports and wanted to leave the country.
He emphasized that special skill training programs for youth should be initiated at colleges and universities level.
He furthermore asserted prompt initiatives should be made to attract investment and create job opportunities for youth.
Shah, while replying to a question regarding any plan for steering the country out from the prevailing crisis said that his party has already proposed a comprehensive plan to bring political and economic stability in the country.
Our topmost priority is public authority and justice, for which we are carrying out a vigorous campaign from Khyber to Karachi and Gilgit Baltistan to Kashmir, the ATP chief told during an online open forum.