ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Spokesperson on Thursday vehemently rejected the recent power tariff increase of Rs 5.72 per unit, calling it an economic murder of the poverty-stricken and inflation-weary masses.
Reacting to the federal cabinet’s approval of the hike in the basic tariff of electricity, the PTI Spokesperson denounced the exorbitant increase, stating that it would further compound the woes of the people.
He criticized the government, labeling it as a “mandate-thief” and an “anti-people regime” determined to economically murder the populace. The PTI Spokesperson highlighted that after the passage of the tax-laden budget, the excessive surge in electricity prices would not only affect the purchasing power of the people but also ruin the domestic economy.
He emphasized that the government, which lacked public mandate, was unfairly targeting and burdening the middle class and the salaried class while providing every possible relief to the elite and privileged class.
The PTI Spokesperson asserted that it was impossible to safeguard and protect the interests of the country and its people until the return of power from the non-representative mandate-thief government to the people. He demanded that the government bring the per unit price of electricity back to the level of April 2022 to provide some respite to the inflation-stricken masses.
