PPP Senate House Leader and Deputy Speaker Sherry ?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 9:41 am
Senator JI Mushtaq Ahmad also warned the government against a revolution underway and called on the masses to take to the streets against the cruel economic policies of the government in power.
“The leaders must learn a lesson from the French Revolution,” he said.
He lamented that there had been a Rs 51 increase in oil prices over the past 13 months and that it was a great injustice to the people.
“They have no other policy than to increase the prices of oil, gas, electricity and drugs,” he said.
“We condemn this ruthless government for the latest increase in oil prices which will raise rates for everything in the country and make the lives of the people more miserable and painful,” he said.
Rehman, before announcing the House walkout against rising oil prices job function email database and the absence of the finance minister, said once again the government of the PTI had dropped a gasoline bomb in times of extreme inflation. “Gasoline prices now stand at Rs 127.3 per liter. They already raised the price by Rs 5 per liter on September 15th, but now the prices are on the rise again. The PTI government has a unique reputation for raising fuel prices eight times in a year, leaving most of the country unable to operate with such drastic strikes on their disposable income.
Comparing the situation today with the days of PPP in government, Senator Sherry said during the PPP government in 2013, international oil prices were extremely high due to the global financial crisis, but the price of Oil in the country was not allowed to go up near the price of gasoline it was now in the country.
“What kind of explanation is this for the eight times higher increase in the prices of petroleum products in one year,” she asked, referring to the government’s claim that this was due to the surge oil prices on the international market.
“The leaders must learn a lesson from the French Revolution,” he said.
He lamented that there had been a Rs 51 increase in oil prices over the past 13 months and that it was a great injustice to the people.
“They have no other policy than to increase the prices of oil, gas, electricity and drugs,” he said.
“We condemn this ruthless government for the latest increase in oil prices which will raise rates for everything in the country and make the lives of the people more miserable and painful,” he said.
Rehman, before announcing the House walkout against rising oil prices job function email database and the absence of the finance minister, said once again the government of the PTI had dropped a gasoline bomb in times of extreme inflation. “Gasoline prices now stand at Rs 127.3 per liter. They already raised the price by Rs 5 per liter on September 15th, but now the prices are on the rise again. The PTI government has a unique reputation for raising fuel prices eight times in a year, leaving most of the country unable to operate with such drastic strikes on their disposable income.
Comparing the situation today with the days of PPP in government, Senator Sherry said during the PPP government in 2013, international oil prices were extremely high due to the global financial crisis, but the price of Oil in the country was not allowed to go up near the price of gasoline it was now in the country.
“What kind of explanation is this for the eight times higher increase in the prices of petroleum products in one year,” she asked, referring to the government’s claim that this was due to the surge oil prices on the international market.