The Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaquat Baloch has said that the governments
at the centre07 and in the provinces have added to the miseries of the
masses during the holy month of Ramazan instead of providing them any
relief.
Speaking at an Iftar party at the residence of deceased JI MPA Syed
Mueen Arif, on Saturday, he said that the present rulers had caused
unprecedented price spiral by raising the prices of POL, gas and the
electricity tariff.
Liaquat Baloch said that the government claims of providing eatables
and essential during the Ramazan on subsidized rates had proved hollow
as there was no difference between the prices in the Ramazan Bazar and
the market.
Similarly, he said, the official claims about the Utility Stores had
proved to be false with the clear evidence of adulteration in the
eatables available there.
He said the federal government had raised gas prices by 13 and a
half per cent while the electricity tariff had been raised just before
Ramazan. The LPG prices were being enhanced thrice a month. The people
had to pay heavy electricity bills despite prolonged load shedding.
He said that the present rulers had failed because they gave
priority to their selfish ends as against the interests of the country
and the nation. Therefore, the present democratic set up was a farce in
the name of good governance.
He said the JI was continuing its struggle for solving the problems of the people through an honest and competent leadership. SANA