Petrol price hike inevitable: Dr Shehbaz Gill
All efforts being made to pull the country out of economic crisis under the leadership of PM Imran.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Punjab spox Dr Shehbaz Gill on Sunday expressed that petroleum prices in Pakistan are less then UK, China, Turkey and India.
He added that in India petrol price stands at 145 Pakistani rupees, in China at 153, in UK at 221 while in Turkey at Rs 187.
Gill said PML-N regime imposed 52.6 % tax on petroleum products which was reduced to 23.6 % by PTI government. Spokes person to CM Punjab added that increase in prices of petroleum products has been made due to rise of prices in international market an due to increase in exchange rate of dollar.
Gill said the current increase was necessary to strengthen economic situation, adding that all efforts were being made to pull the country out of economic crisis under the leader ship of PM Imran Khan.
The spox further said that a huge portion of Pakistan’s import bill, that is billions of dollars, is spent to import oil products.
Criticizing the opposition Gill said PML-N and PPP should tell people about looted money in their tenures despite lower prices of oil and dollar instead of shouting at current situation.
