Summary The motion was signed by all ANP member of the senate.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Awami National Party (ANP) submitted adjournment motion in the Senate against recent hike in prices of petroleum products.
The motion was signed by all ANP member of the senate.
The motion stated the increase in petroleum products' prices will further enhance prices of commodities.
Following the approval of increase in POL prices, different opposition parties and religious groups rejected hike, declaring it an anti-people act of the PML-N government.
In a statement issued form Islamabad‚ PTI Chairman Imran Khan said that his party will protest in and outside the national assembly against the decision.
PPP described it as an ‘injustice’ to the poor while the MQM said the policies of new government were no different than the outgoing PPP-led regime. ANP also condemned the government decision and JI said it was contrary to the rosy promises made by the PML-N in its election campaign.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman, “Repeated price hikes continue to burden the ordinary citizens while most of the rich continue to evade their responsibility of paying their taxes. The government has failed, or deliberately chosen not to, widen the direct tax net; and instead has chosen to target the salaried and poor of the Land by placing a spiraling burden of indirect taxes on them.”
Imran Khan said the PTI would be devising a strategy to protest such anti-people price hikes both in the parliament and outside. “It was unacceptable to have the poor bear the burden of the state expenses while the rich are kept outside the tax ambit,” he maintained.
