Islamabad
\nThe Opposition said Saturday it would have been better if Prime Minister Imran Khan resigned from his office rather than ringing in the New Year by dropping a \u201cpetrol bomb\u201d on the Pakistani nation.
\nIn separate statements, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif criticised the government\u2019s decision of moving up the price of petroleum products.
\n\u201cGovernments across the world celebrate festive occasions by bringing down prices, but on the contrary, Imran Niazi has dropped an inflation bomb on the masses,\u201d he said.
\nThe PML-N president asked the prime minister to step down instead of \u201cpunishing\u201d the masses due to his \u201cincompetency\u201d.
\nShahbaz hoped that the new year would rid the masses of inflation, economic disruption, hunger, diseases, and injustice.
\nFor his part, Bilawal said the increase in prices of petroleum products was Imran Khan\u2019s New Year\u2019s gift to the citizens and the only way to end inflation is to oust PTI\u2019s government.
\n\u201cImran Khan claimed that 2021 would be the year of prosperity, but 2022 has arrived, where have the claims gone,\u201d asked the PPP chairman.
\nHe stated that the country witnessed higher inflation than a year prior during the PTI\u2019s tenure, but they continue to blame previous governments and try to portray them as incompetent.
\nBilawal claimed that the PPP faced the worst economic crisis in the world\u2019s history but did not let the citizens bear the brunt of the inflation.
\nHe urged the federal government to reduce the rates of petroleum products in line with international prices.
\nThe PPP chairperson stated that the only way to end inflation is to \u201coust Imran Khan.\u201d
\nPakistan rings in the new year with Rs4 hike in petrol price
\nOn the eve of the new year, the federal government announced yet another hike in the prices of petroleum products.
\nAccording to a notification issued by the Finance Division on Friday, the price of petrol and high-speed diesel(HSD) will rise by Rs4 per litre for the first 15 days of January 2022.
\nThe new prices would come into effect from January 1.
\nThe increase has been announced to meet the petroleum levy target agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
\nAs per the notification, the price of kerosene has been increased by Rs3.95, and light diesel oil (LDO) by Rs4.15 per litre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad The Opposition said Saturday it would have been better if Prime Minister Imran Khan resigned from his office rather than ringing in the New Year by dropping a \u201cpetrol bomb\u201d on the Pakistani nation. In separate statements, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N President Shahbaz […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[555,1211,2465,2466,361],"class_list":{"0":"post-236262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-bilawal-bhutto-zardari","9":"tag-opposition","10":"tag-petrol-bomb","11":"tag-resignations","12":"tag-shehbaz-sharif"},"yoast_head":"\n