Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, strongly condemned
the steep price hike in the gas tariff (13.98 to 207.10%). He said that
this was another special gift of the Government at the start of a new
year to the people of Pakistan.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, he predicted that the
continuous price increase of basic public utilities is going to further
depress and marginalize the people who have been continuously suffering
for the last four years due to record breaking incompetence and
corruption of the Government.
Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said that the Government was
responsible for destroying all major public sector enterprises
including OGDC, Pakistan Steel, Pakistan Railways and PIA.
The Chairman claimed that these enterprises were ruined by nepotism
and cronyism whereby the only merit of heading these organizations was
the relationship of the management with the President or the Prime
minister.
He demanded that the Government should immediately give relief in
the tariff to the poor people or be prepared for a strong public
reaction. SANA
