PPP workers gathered in front of the Lahore Press Club and shouted slogans against the government and the ruling party ie Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). “The recent increase in petroleum products prices has further inflated the cost of essential commodities. Electricity prices have also been hiked by the government but it could not reduce load-shedding in the country,” he said. PPP leader Faisal Mir said the government had increased the prices of petroleum products to cover its budget deficit. “During the PPP regime,” she highlighted, “prices of almost all the essential commodities were under control.

Source: The Express Tribune November 06, 2017 04:52 UTC