Opposition shouldn't do cheap politics: Dar
Angry over the opposition parties, Finance Minister says the opponents presenting fake stats, facts
ISLAMABAD: (Dunya News) – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has on Saturday warned the Opposition parties to give up on ‘cheap’ politics. Angry Dar said that the opponents are presenting false statistics and facts, reported Dunya News.
Retaliating to the Opposition’s onslaught, Finance Minister said that the opponents don’t even bother to read the laws. “They made it up on their own that a list of 8000 employees has been prepared. They must stop this cheap politics”, said Dar.
Ishaq Dar said that the additional amount earned through petrol prices was also distributed among the provinces. “Oil is cheapest in Pakistan compared with the other countries of the region”, he said. Dar said that Bangladesh, India and Indonesia have also raised the taxes. He said that the average price of petrol around the world is 1 dollar per liter while it is just 73 cents in Pakistan. “Diesel is also priced at 1 dollar whereas in Pakistan it is just 79 cents”, he added.
Talking about International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dar said that Pakistan took 5.25 billion dollars from IMF but also returned 4.5 billion dollars to them.
The federal minister told that army’s services would be required for the census and the strategy in this regard will be formulated within next four days.
