Summary Munnawar says rulers with lavish lifestyles slaughtering poor masses with price hike.
LAHORE (Online) - Ameer Jamaat e Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has condemned the power tariff hike imposed through the NEPRA after its withdrawal on the Supreme Court orders.
In a statement here on Saturday, he said that sharp rise in electricity tariff on IMF dictation was a most anti-people step.
Munawar Hasan said the government was driving the masses towards civil disobedience.
He said the rulers were slaughtering the people with the blunt weapon of price spiral but were not ready to cut down their lavish spending or bring their ill-gotten billions in foreign banks back to the country.
However, he said that the nation had offered huge sacrifices by now and this was the time for the elite and the privileged people to make sacrifices.
Syed Munawar Hasan said that the PM-N which had been promising relief to the masses by providing jobs and cutting down prices, had instead, worsened the lot of the people by raising the prices of the POL and electricity tariff every week. He said the government would have to raise the power tariff at short intervals to meet the MF terms, therefore it could not provide any relief to the masses.
He said that the US wanted to deprive this country of its independence and sovereignty through the IMF and the World Bank, and the rulers were serving as its tools.
While commenting on the Army Chief Gen. Kayani’s address at Kakul Academy expressing satisfaction over the Government- Taliban talks, the JI Ameer said that besides extending support to the dialogue, the army should create an atmosphere wherein the two sides came closer together and the dialogue was begun.
The JI Chief said that as long as the talks were not started, forces opposed to peace would remain active and continue their conspiracies against talks.
