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Summary MQM said that the price increase of petroleum products directly affects the poor people.
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) dismissed the increase in petroleum products. MQM Coordination Committee has demanded that the increase in prices of petroleum products should be withdrawn immediately.The committee said that the people are already under the burden of inflation and it had become increasingly difficult for them to buy the necessities and everyday items.The committee said that the increase in price of petroleum products directly affects the poor people. They said that the due to the price hike, transport fares are going to rise and the price of necessities would also increase. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif said that the recent hike in petroleum products would put more burden on the people. Jamaat-e-Islami’s Karachi Ameer Muhammad Hussain called the increase an injustice to the people.
