Abbasi says
KARACHI
Awam Pakistan Party central convener Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday criticised the government’s petroleum pricing policy, calling it “completely wrong”, while highlighting Karachi’s infrastructure challenges and governance issues in Sindh. Addressing a press conference in Karachi alongside former finance minister Miftah Ismail and other party leaders, he said, “The government’s policy on petroleum product prices is completely wrong,” adding that current policies were directly affecting the public.
On April 24, the government jacked up prices of both high-speed diesel (HSD) and petrol by Rs26.77 per litre despite no increase being required in the rates of petrol. The government imposed a nearly Rs27 per litre additional tax on the fuel to push its price higher.
