PPP to thwart govt plan to damage common man: Bilawal

Ag APP

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has assured the nation that the party will be taking all necessary steps for thwarting conspiracy for economically damaging the common man in the upcoming budget and said Prime Imran Khan may be influenced by those who want their pockets filled, but the PPP rejects PTI’s plot to impose taxes worth billions of rupees in the ‘PTIMF’ budget.

“The current inflation rate has caused enough suffering and we will not sit idly and watch Prime Minister Imran Khan present one failed budget after another. Mark my words, his name will go down in country’s history for ‘economic crimes’ and the country will never forgive him,” he said in a statement Wednesday.

Bilawal said the PPP exposed Prime Minister Imran Khan for hatching a plot with his advisers to target the low-income group in the budget 2021. He also pointed out that inflation has already peaked at 20%, according to the SPI index and if the situation worsens, the impoverished will be unable to survive. “By imposing heavy taxes in the budget, the PTI government wants to burden those who are receiving low salaries,” he declared, adding that imagine what Pakistan’s condition will be if the salaried group is tied up in taxes?

Speaking of the COVID-19 healthcare crisis and the downfall of world economies caused by the pandemic, Bilawal pointed out that the world is already suffering and several economies are on the brink of destruction, and we must ensure Pakistan is not one of them.

“There will be no greater injustice if our already crippling economy is presented with a budget that does not provide relief to the poverty-stricken public,” he added.