Hitting hard the PML-N-led government over soaring inflation, PTI Central General Secretary Omar Ayub Khan has said the incumbent rulers are siphoning off people’s hard-earn money like pick-pocketers.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, Ayub, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, said: “[Prime Minister] Sehehbaz Sharif is siphoning off money from people’s pocket.”
He slammed the government for its “failure” in providing immediate relief to the inflation-hit masses and said: “Unemployment and inflation are on the rise in the country.”
In his fierce presser, the PTI leader also criticised the Maryam Nawaz-led Punjab government for its popular decision about reducing the price of roti (flat bread made in tandoor) to Rs16, saying that she did not now about the “economy”.
A day earlier, the Punjab government, as part of its efforts to provide relief to inflation-stricken people, reduced the price of roti to Rs16 and naan to Rs20 across the province, amid nanbais’ concerns. They are of the view that they are ready to sell roti at the government rate if they are provided subsidy.
Backing the nanbais’, the PTI leader, while referring to price of wheat flour, said that roti and naan could not be sold at the government’s rate.
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