ISLAMABAD: After announcing a nearly Rs19 per litre reduction in the price of petrol, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has vowed to provide more relief to the public “as soon as” the government gets an opportunity to do so.
The PM sent out this message a day after announcing a major cut in the prices of petroleum products, passing on the relief of a decline in oil prices in the international market to the masses. Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that the coalition government successfully shifted the benefit of drop in petroleum products’ prices in the international market directly to the masses in Pakistan, as promised. He said that the government will keep providing relief to the people as soon as it gets the “financial cushion to do so.”
“In line with my commitment to the nation, the coalition government has been swift to transfer the benefit of reduction in oil prices to the masses. We will continue to provide relief as soon as we have financial cushion to do so. I believe in honest conversation with the nation,” he wrote. In his address to the nation last night, PM Shehbaz held the previous government responsible for all of the country’s economic woes and expressed the determination of his government to put it on the path of economic development and prosperity over the next 14 months. –Agencies
