Reacting to the recent hike in petroleum prices, Barrister Dr. Muhammad Saif, Advisor to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relations, strongly criticized the federal government, accusing it of imposing repeated economic burdens on the public.
\nIn a statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Saif said the \u201cfake federal rulers\u201d have increased petrol prices four times in the past one and a half months, resulting in a cumulative rise of approximately Rs. 30 per liter. \u201cThe people are already crushed under the weight of inflation, and now they face another storm as the hike in petroleum prices leads to a surge in the cost of essential goods,\u201d he remarked.
\nHe questioned the silence of the media on the persistent price hikes and claimed that while petrol is becoming cheaper in the international market, it continues to become more expensive in Pakistan.
\nDr. Saif also criticized what he described as the government\u2019s misplaced priorities. \u201cAll the attention of the fake rulers is focused on keeping Imran Khan behind bars through politically motivated cases, while public welfare and economic relief are being completely ignored,\u201d he alleged.
\nHe further stated that those who protested during former Prime Minister Imran Khan\u2019s tenure over Rs. 150 per liter petrol prices are now silent despite steeper increases. \u201cThe public is being pushed toward starvation while the ruling elite grows richer by the day,\u201d he said, accusing the government of being more concerned with maintaining power than addressing inflation or improving the lives of citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reacting to the recent hike in petroleum prices, Barrister Dr. Muhammad Saif, Advisor to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Information and Public Relations, strongly criticized the federal government, accusing it of imposing repeated economic burdens on the public. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Dr. Saif said the \u201cfake federal rulers\u201d have increased …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":78894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83846,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83836\/revisions\/83846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}