ISLAMABAD(National Times)- The PTI on Saturday criticised the government for continuously increasing fuel prices while simultaneously allowing a Rs1.8 billion special allowance package for top bureaucrats who already receive free fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram said ordinary Pakis\u00adtanis were subjected to a six-day petroleum monsoon that drove petrol to Rs335.18 and diesel to Rs383.46 per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He observed that the rulers have perfected a dual system: free fuel and luxuries for the elite, and daily fuel bombs for the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agriculture, transport and industry are being systematically executed under the excuse of international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPTI demands the immediate rollback of the six-day cumulative hike; a sharp cut in the Rs80 per litre petroleum levy and the overall Rs1.7 trillion levy target; and the complete scrap of the disastrous daily pricing mechanism,\u201d Mr Akram said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that Rs1.8 billion bure\u00adaucratic bonus should be cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the agricultural front, Mr Akram called the government\u2019s sudden decision to import 1.1 million metric tonnes of wheat the most transparent fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After claiming a bumper harvest of over 29m tonnes against a domestic consumption of 27m tonnes, he said the sudden shortage and the mysterious disappearance of 4.5m tonnes raised questions of monumental incompetence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPTI demands full transparency on production and stock figures, an immediate forensic audit of the missing 4.5m tonnes, the declaration of an agricultural emergency, cancellation of unnecessary imports, and an immediate announcement of next season\u2019s minimum support price,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Sindh, Mr Akram accused the provincial government of reducing the Sindh Public Service Commission\u2019s 2024 exam results to a political marketplace, demanding an independent forensic audit and the cancellation of tainted results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Azad Kashmir, he condemned what he described as the ruling alliance\u2019s pre-poll theatrics. Dispatching 10 electric buses adorned with Maryam Nawaz\u2019s photographs, funded by Punjab taxpayers, constitutes open electoral bribery and a mockery of the election code, Mr Akram said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD(National Times)- The PTI on Saturday criticised the government for continuously increasing fuel prices while simultaneously allowing a Rs1.8 billion special allowance package for top bureaucrats who already receive free fuel. PTI Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram said ordinary Pakis\u00adtanis were subjected to a six-day petroleum monsoon that drove petrol to Rs335.18 and diesel to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n