Staff Reporter
Karachi
Secretary General of United Business Group (UBG) and former FPCCI President Zubair Tufail has said that Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government led by Irman Khan has successfully controls corona virus as compared to India, but prices of sugar, flour, milk, petrol have been increased substantially. Commented on the PTI’s two years performance , he said when Prime Minister Imran Khan when took office, the country’s economic affairs were under pressure. However, after taking office, the PTI government took some important steps, including banning unnecessary imports and increasing duties.
As a result, imports fell by about 5 billion dollars in one year and the current account deficit reduced from $20 billion to $3 billion in the second year. This is a major achievement of his government, he added.
He expressed concern that in the second year, the price of flour increased from Rs 40 to Rs 65 per kg, the price of sugar increased from Rs 70 per kg to Rs 100 per kg, while the price of sugar in Peshawar rose to Rs 110 per kg. Similarly, petrol prices were also increased sharply from Rs 70 to more than Rs 104, while the income of the common man fell instead of increasing and this storm of inflation broke the backs of general public.He said that the biggest achievement of the PTI government was that it managed to control the Corona virus outbreak intelligently while in neighboring India, due to poor strategy of the government there, 900 to 1000 people die of Corona virus every day.
