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Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has admitted that the government made some mistakes but at some points their hands were tied. Addressing a seminar organized by SAFMA in Islamabad, he said that inflation has touched skies and the government was being abused. But media and other pressure groups were evading taxes and the trend has to be changed now, he added. He said that subsidy in different sectors was being ended and hike in petrol prices was necessary to avoid Rs 100 billion deficit. He said that 28 out of 32 points of Charter of Democracy were implemented. He said that those who were not returned under agreement, they should remember that they went in exile under some agreement. He said that journalist victim fund was being set up and chairman of press council would be appointed soon.
