KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party on Friday staged demonstrations in several cities to protest against the issues of growing inflation and gas crisis in the country.
According to PPP’s media cell, protests against the gas shortages were held in Jamshoro, Quetta, multiple areas of Karachi, Loralai, Badin, Kasur, Sukkur, Rawalpindi, Pasrur, Khushab, Shaheed Benazirabad and other cities.
Carrying the banners and placard, the protestors chanted slogans against federal government and Prime Minister Imran Khan. “Go Niazi Go” and “kha gia hai Kuptan, roti kapra aur makan” or the captain (Imran Khan) has eaten food, clothing and shelter.
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— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) December 17, 2021
Addressing a demonstration in Karachi’s East district, Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani said the PPP organised the demonstrations on the direction of the party’s Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who had called for agitation all over the country to protest against the incompetence of the present federal government.
Criticising the government over the suspension of gas supply to domestic consumers and industries, the provincial minister asserted that the PTI administration was “inefficient and incompetent”.
“This inefficient federal government that has been imposed on us spoke about ‘Naya Pakistan’ and used to claim that people would be coming to Pakistan to look for jobs in the future,” he said, adding that instead of this vision, “people are searching for gas here.”
“Today, there is no gas in Karachi and the price of electricity has increased.” Ghani alleged that the PTI government had destroyed the country’s economy and soon, “the government will not even have enough money to pay salaries to government employees in Islamabad.”
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said the premier had once said that a rise of even a rupee in the value of the dollar signified that the rulers of the country were corrupt. “He was right in saying so,” Ghani added, pointing out that the rupee had continued to slide against the dollar in recent months.
Since the onset of winter, the country has been facing a shortage of gas and domestic and industrial consumers have had to deal with the suspension of the commodity’s supply.
Earlier this month, the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) had decided to suspend gas supply to all non-export general industries from December 11 till further orders in adherence to the energy ministry’s gas load management plan.
