Islamabad: Pakistani opposition party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Lambi Prime Minister Imran Khan to implement an anti-person policy and said that the government has increased the price of sacrificial medicines with an average of 50 percent for the 12th.
Pakistani Muslim League spokesman (PML-N) Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday said the Prime Minister did not have concerns about inflation, unemployment, increases in utility rates and rising prices of drugs, international reports.
“Imran Khan increases the price of soul-sacrificial medicines, and now he will say that he has committed jihad.
He should be ashamed of his actions, he added.
Imran Khan increases the price of drugs with an average of 50 percent for the 12th time: Price New Pakistan is new for 12 times, “he said in a statement quoted by international news on Tuesday.
He further said that for the past three years, Imran Khan increased the price of drugs by 500 percent, but he felt it was not embarrassing.
He said Imran Khan gave the [agreement] to the minister, who was arrested by red in drug theft and gave full protection to thieves, according to Pakistani outlet.
On July 15, the government has increased gasoline prices of Rs 5.40 per liter and diesel of Rs 2.54 per liter.
The price of kerosene and LDO also increased by Rs 1.39 and Rs 1.27, respectively as reported by Express Tribune.
Apart from gasoline, the price of food including sugar, flour has also increased in Pakistan.
The World Bank (WB) estimates that poverty in Pakistan increased from 4.4 percent to 5.4 percent by 2020, because more than two million people have fallen below the poverty line.
By using the lower middle-income poverty rate, the World Bank estimates that the poverty ratio in Pakistan reaches 39.3 percent in 2020-21 and is projected to remain at 39.2 percent in 2021-22 and may drop to 37.9 percent.
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