ISLAMABAD: While PTI chief Imran Khan took credit for the recent decrease in prices of petroleum products, Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said on Saturday the reduction would have been greater had the ongoing sit-ins not destroyed the country’s economy.
Addressing the media in Islamabad on Saturday, Rashid censured the ongoing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf sit-in to overthrow the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government.
“The reduction in prices of petrol would have been up to Rs13 to Rs14 and not Rs9.43 if the sit-ins were not taking place,” the information minister said.
“The exchange rate of rupee to dollar was Rs98/$ till August 13 and the economic indicators showed that the exchange rate will improve,” he said, alleging that the exchange rate could not be maintained due to the sit-ins.
“The sit-ins ruined our economy, politics and relations with neighbouring countries,” Rashid said regretfully, lamenting over the postponement in the Chinese president’s visit to Pakistan.
Rashid added that the ‘marked’ reduction in petroleum prices would lead to a reduction in prices of transport fares, also subsequently leading to a reduction in prices of goods that need to be transported such as vegetables, fruits and other materials.
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PML-N spokes person completed PHD in telling lying to people of Pakistan. They didn't claim their failure and they don't have any credit of reducing petroleum prices, its eventually a pressure of IK and prices goes down internationally, so they didn't do anything out of the box.
The train left many days ago...PML N still waiting at the platform;)
Lets deport Imran Kgan to Oxford, he needs to redo his education. Shame on PTI
in simpler words it's the sit ins that is making you do..and making you not to do things..thanks brave people at sit ins...thank you..it's your sadqa e jarhiya for ignorants like me and most of us
HAHA.... Not just petrol prices, we would have repaid our debts if the sit ins were not there.. What else can he do but talk.
Anything static is extremely dangerous for human beings, in the case of Ir Pakistan long time forgoton country laissez pour compte, completely mistreated over exploited great peoples of Ir Pakistan unduly has awaken it's never too late, struggle is attached with humanity, the Great sit-ins in Islamabad of great and very brave Pakistanis ladies gentlemen childrens has proven all calculations wrong, sit-ins are harbinger of very very good news for the grand great majority of peoples of Ir Pakistan it may take some time but it's never too late, long live all the peoples of Ir Pakistan, Go System Go, Go Nawaz Go
lol who are they trying to fool? The dharna has not even caused any delays in the building of the Islamabad metro which is close to D-chowk/Azadi square. How has it effected the whole economy. He needs to realize people have changed now. they are not gonna just blindly believe everything these politicians say.
He is kidding right, do they really think that Pakistanis are so dumb that they can't figure our the pricing policies of commodities like petrol, prices of oil has come down through out the world and this guy is blaming the sit in. What a pathetic government and it's incompetent ministers.
How a few thousand people sitting in a corner of Islamabad could destroy the country's economy?
Hah, there would not had been any reduction if it was not for the political pressure of the sit-ins, we all know that. Thank you IK, but please focus electoral reforms and move on.
Don't take this guy seriously, he is one of the incompetent person on earth.