LAHORE: Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan on Wednesday criticised the PML-N government for increasing petroleum prices on a daily basis saying a massive increase has made the lives of the people miserable.
‘Rising prices of petroleum products on a daily basis have made the lives of the people miserable. At present the poor and downtrodden are being affected the most due to inflation,’ the governor said at a ceremony in Chiniot to distribute the keys of 26 newly-constructed houses by Red Crescent among the flood victims.
Regarding formation of new provinces, the governor said that the country could not afford coercion on this issue.
‘Without consensus no decision on this matter of provinces can be taken,’ he added.
The governor said the Pakistan Peoples Party was supporting the PML-N only to run the country.
He said the PPP was the only party whose manifesto is ‘roti, kapra aur makan (bread, clothes and shelter).
He said that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zard ari had built new houses for flood victims across Pakistan.