National
May 5, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Leader of the PPP in the Senate Sherry Rehman on Tuesday demanded that PTI-IMF conditions be laid before the parliament.
“After telling them all along that these tariff hikes are unjustified, now we hear that the government is thinking to renegotiate the IMF agreement. We have been saying the exact thing but were always told by ‘U-turn Sarkar’ that they are on the right track,” she said and added that as always, the parliament has not been taken on board on any policy, either now or earlier. “What exactly is their plan?” she asked.
She said if the government has already agreed with the IMF to increase the petroleum levy from Rs 510 billion in 2021 to Rs 607 billion in 2022 and increase the gas tariff by an additional Rs 100 billion, how they plan controlling inflation in the country. “Are they going to compensate people for all the jobs lost and the families destroyed,” she asked.
National
March 6, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said the PDM s joint candidate Yousuf Raza Gilani s victory is the victory of democracy as the strong opposition alliance created cracks in government s ranks.
âImran Khan s so-called change was also rejected by conscientious public representatives of the government,â he said in a telephonic conversation with Balochistan National Party Chief Akhtar Mengal and National Party head Dr Abdul Maalik. Bilawal telephoned Mengal and Maalik and congratulated them on the success of Yousuf Raza Gilani in Senate elections.
Bilawal also telephoned Awami National Party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Aimal Wali Khan and ex-chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti and discussed with them the current political situation of the country.