The government has failed to control inflation,” he said. “As he lied to us, I pray God would ask him,” he said.Ī government employee, asking to remain anonymous, told the Guardian that the prices of necessary commodities had increased with little increase in income. Three years ago, a sack of sugar (50kg) cost about 3,000 rupees (£13) but now it is more than 7,000 rupees (£30). We believe Imran khan should resign if he can’t control the prices of essential commodities.” “People in my neighbourhood supported my calls against Imran Khan after I was released in two days. Ghufran said he regretted voting for Khan and “everyone I know who voted for him and believed in him” regretted it, too. “The prime minister promised a new (Naya) Pakistan and that it would be a welfare state for ordinary people but he has done the opposite.
“I rushed to a mosque and announced to the speakers that we should curse Imran Khan,” he told the Guardian. He talked about inflation to daily wage workers, who told him that they could not afford to buy food for their families.
Ghufran said he had seen a fall in the number of customers as prices went up. Two weeks ago, Mohammed Ghufran, 47, a shopkeeper in Mardan, Pakistan’s north-western province, was arrested after he went to a mosque and prayed for cursing the prime minister. It says ordinary people of the country will struggle to afford basic necessities if prices do not come down. A long march against inflation was also announced as a part of the campaign from Lahore to Islamabad. The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an opposition alliance, has announced a campaign against the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the inflation rates the country is witnessing. Prices of some essential items, such as fuel and electricity, are unprecedentedly high. He said inflation was imposing a crushing burden on ordinary people because it comes at a time of high unemployment and stagnant wages. The pressure on Imran Khan will continue to mount because we have seen further price hikes, such as of fuel and sugar, after the announcement of the package.” “The package is a drop in the ocean and will do little to help the mass of ordinary people. Khurram Hussain, an economic analyst, said it was not enough. He also announced a 120bn-rupee relief package providing subsidies on essential food items. In an address to the nation last week, Khan blamed the opposition for past mistakes and inflation in the international market for the miseries of the people in Pakistan. Instead, after a visit to Saudi Arabia last month, he announced $3bn in financial support from Riyadh.
The government should have mercy and decrease the inflation.”Īn economic meltdown is putting the Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, under immense pressure and bringing the threat of unrest as record inflation – the fourth highest in the world – pushes the price of sugar higher than petrol.īefore coming to power, Khan had vowed to root out corruption and lift people out of poverty as he promised a new and prosperous Pakistan with the creation of 10m jobs. “I know five more people who are fed up with inflation and want to end their lives because of skyrocketing prices. “We can’t run our homes, that’s why Asadullah committed suicide,” Ghani said. In comments to local media, he said Asadullah used to get calls from his wife and parents asking him for money, but he could not afford to pay the rent and meet his own expenses and sending money back home was no longer possible. Ghani, a relative, blamed the state of an economy where rampant inflation is hitting those least able to cope. On Friday night, 27-year-old Asadullah, who sold old shoes on a cart, set himself on fire in the Pakistani city of Karachi.