Staff Reporter Islamabad
PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal joined many others in denouncing the government on Friday over the hike in petrol prices, saying Prime Minister Imran Khan was “misleading the nation” on the matter.
He referred to the premier’s address at a public gathering earlier in the day, where the latter had said that the rise in inflation and prices of commodities was a consequence of the increase in prices globally.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Iqbal said, “I want to clarify a few things that the prime minister said to mislead the nation.
“This rise in the price of petrol in the country is in no way linked to the increase in the prices [of fuel] internationally.” Noting that the price of fuel was around $65 per barrel on average in 2018, he said.
