Minister of Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday announced that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rejected the summary for the increase in prices of petroleum products, accusing the former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government of 'incompetence' stating that citizens must not suffer due to the mistakes of the former government. “This government is making every possible effort to not further burden people already facing the brunt of high inflation,” the information minister added. The previous prime minister had frozen oil prices till the budget amid political turmoil. The oil and gas regulatory authority (Ogra) had moved a summary to increase the price of diesel over Rs51 per litre to do away with price differential claims from April 16. However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had refused to increase prices and turned down the summary.

Source: The Express Tribune April 28, 2022 22:37 UTC