PPP, PML-N responsible for Pakistan's current situation: Shibli Faraz

Last updated on: 25 August,2020 10:41 am

The minister said that the opposition’s only agenda was making money

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Minister for Information and Broadcsting Syed Shibli Faraz on Monday while declaring Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) responsible for current situation of Pakistan and said that the people have rejected them.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Monday, he said that from the words of the opposition it seems that they lived in another country, adding that they are responsible for the problems that Shahbaz Sharif spoke mentioned.

The minister said that the opposition’s only agenda was making money and they weakened every national institution to make money.

Faraz went on to say that their government had signed expensive power deals with Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

“The agreements with the IPPs were being reviewed,” he said and added the PTI government has started cheap electricity.

He said: “In the past, the value of the dollar was artificially maintained. They did everything that benefited them. The former government sucked the blood of the people.”