Bilawal slams govt’s inept economic policies

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari declared the PTI government’s economic policies as a recipe for economic catastrophe for the country and said that turbulent time ahead if quick action was not taken against the reigning government. “There is no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no roof over one's head, and Imran Khan says “ghabrana nahin hai”, how can you ask the nation not to worry during such devastating circumstances,” he said in a statement on Tuesday while commenting on government economic policies. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said wheat is available, but flour is expensive, sugarcane is available, but sugar prices are out of control. “Is this not the result of Imran Khan's mafia patronage?” he asked. He said the economy was also severely damaged when the selected prime minister raised cotton prices and this was the highest price level Pakistan saw in the last 11 years.

The PPP chairman demanded the PTI government take note of the plight of the poor. He said the PTI provides no relief to the common man, the salaried, and pensioners in the budget but their only target is to correct the erroneous GDP figures. “Every fifth person in the country has lost his job, or his income has decreased during Imran Khan's rule. Every year, the sabotaged budget works against the relief of the poor and for the benefit of the prime minster’s cronies,” he said.

The PPP chairman also warned the PTI government that these injustices would not continue for long since everyone’s eyes are on the GDP figures. “If the GDP increases, there will be a surge in employment opportunities for the youth,” he said, “But Imran Khan's Photoshopped GDP surge tells the tale of cascading unemployment.”

Revealing the ineptitude of PTI, he said that 50% of the people were suffering from poverty during Pervez Musharraf's dictatorship regime. “Today, Imran Khan has brought back the country to the path PPP took it out from,” he said.

Bilawal said apart from PPP, no other political party has been able to formulate a public-friendly budget benefitting the common man, the salaried, and the pensioners. “If Pakistan's sinking economy is to be saved, we must get rid of Imran Khan's government,” he said.