Prime Minister speaking to the media during an energy event in Islamabad on Tuesday followingnoon Shahbaz Sharif He said that the government will give relief to 94 percent of domestic electricity consumers in the next three months, which will cost 50 billion rupees.
He said that this relief will be for customers with 200 units.
Earlier this month, an increase in the price of electricity per unit up to Rs 7.12 was approved, which will not be applied to families using less than 200 units of electricity for three months under this relief program of the Prime Minister.
The decision, overseen by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led to widespread public outrage and online criticism of the government, which the prime minister acknowledged in his speech.
The Prime Minister further said that he for this relief The IMF has also been taken into confidence.
The Prime Minister said that the poor people who use 100 or 200 units of electricity are called protected segments. Some things were decided for the stability of the economy.
He said that these 50 billion rupees will be withdrawn from the development fund.
In his address, he further said, ‘We have saved the state instead of politics.’
The Prime Minister added that ‘if we had not saved the state, then where would the budget and where would the politics be, thank God that time has passed and Pakistan has been saved from default.’
He further said that in the previous era, big words were spoken to us to make politics shine, claims were made, it was said that corruption will be eliminated in 90 days, corruption has not ended but such big scandals have come that everyone are in front.
The Prime Minister said that ‘sugar and wheat were first exported and then imported and the pockets of friends were filled, then it was said that Pakistan’s 300 billion dollars will be brought back but not even a fraction of it has been returned. However, with the kindness of NCA, 190 million pounds were sent so that this money would be collected in the treasury of the nation, but how the paths were cleared even for this money through manipulation, this is the record of that time and of this government.
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He said that ‘under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif, we have not made false statements anywhere in the public service, we have not deliberately told any lies to the people. stands and we will solve the challenges we face together.’
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that we are making a budget together with the IMF, so there is nothing secret regarding it, we are going to do a three-year program with the IMF. had said that he will die but will not go to the IMF and spent several months in this.
Shahbaz Sharif said that ‘following the time was up, he went to the IMF and took an expensive loan from them and then sacrificed this program to politics, the oil prices in the world were in the sky and due to the fear of mistrust. By reducing the oil prices, they caused enormous damage to the national exchequer.’
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2024-07-10 16:18:13
