PESHAWAR: Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday said the Pakistan Tehreek-iInsaf government would burden the people with more taxes in the proposed minibudget.

Addressing a workers` meeting here, he said the mini-budget would compound the people`s misery, who had already been hard hit by the galloping inflation.

On this occasion, known political and social figures -Haji Amin and Haji Rahim -announced joining the QWP, according to a statement.

Mr Sherpao was critical of the government`s recent deal with the InternationalMonetary Fund, saying it would cause a fresh wave of inflation in the country. He added the PTI government was acting on the diktats of the IMF and was least bothered to provide relief to people, who were grappling with backbreaking inflation.

Mr Sherpao said the people were no longer in a position to cope with the rising inflation coupled with unemployment. He said though the government secured huge loans from the IMF and other international lenders, it failed to revive the economy.

He said using the electronic voting machines in elections would disenfranchise the women and the elderly in the rural areas as most of the voters living in the countryside were less educated and lacked the technical know-how to cast their votes through the EVMs.