ISLAMABAD: Slamming the PTI government for raising the prices of the petroleum and essential commodities, former Chairman Senate Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said the government was giving concessions to the elite by withdrawing subsidy from the working and poor class.
“The government gave concession to the construction mafia, stock exchanges, automobile sector and big business to promote crony capitalism,” he said while flaying the government for increasing the petroleum prices and prices of essential commodities.
Rabbani said the government on the instructions of the international funding agencies is pushing the working classes to the wall. “Such a situation is ripe for a massive social upheaval,” he said. Increasing the petroleum prices near Eid, he said, the Federal Government has further burdened the common man.
Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said the ECC on Friday, which was not in quorum as only two members out of 14 were present, decided to increase the prices of ghee at Utility Stores by almost 53% i.e. from Rs.170 to Rs.260 per kg and the prices of wheat floor by about 19% to Rs.950 per 20 kg bag from its existing rate of Rs.800. Similarly, he said sugar prices have been raised from the existing rate of Rs.68 to Rs.85 per kg with an increase of 20%.