Karachi, August 30, 2023 (PPI-OT): Pakistan People’s Party terming the sudden increase in electricity rates as the biggest problem of the country at the moment has demanded the caretaker government to talk to the IMF to provide immediate relief to the people. Former Information and Transport Minister of Sindh Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that leaders of other parties, including the leadership of Pakistan People’s Party, were rotting in jails without punishment for many years, but Ladley has been given a big relief in just 29 days. Former Local Government Minister of Sindh Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the opposition political alliance formed on the occasion of the election is not a challenge for the Pakistan People’s Party, PPP is facing poverty, inflation and unemployment after winning the election. He expressed these views while addressing a press conference at Media Cell Bilawal Hawas.
Media Cell Bilawal House in-charge Surendra Vilasai and other leaders also accompanied him in the press conference. Sharjeel Inam Memon and Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that Pakistan People’s Party, whether in the government or in the opposition, has always raised its voice against inflation and against giving relief to the people. He demanded that the caretaker government should take notice of the wrong bills sent to the electricity consumers along with taking steps to provide immediate relief to the people. Sharjeel Inam Memon said that it is the vision of the Pakistan People’s Party leadership that it has always taken steps before the future difficulties. He said that during the regime of Pakistan People’s Party, Tharcoal project, solar energy, wind power project and gas power generation projects were introduced in the country. He said that today the cheapest electricity in the country is being obtained from the Thar coal project.
He further said that there have been federal ministers in the past who have written that there is no need for more power generating projects in the country. Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the poor It is the responsibility of the government to provide relief to the people. He said that if on one hand there was inflation in the country, on the other hand, the government of Pakistan People’s Party in Sindh has provided many projects like free medical facilities, solar energy facility to two lakh families, and People’s Bus Service to provide relief to the people. have been introduced. He said that the provincial government of Pakistan People’s Party wanted to provide employment to the unemployed youth in Sindh, but MQM was hostile to the people by taking a stay order from the court. Sharjeel Inam Memon also demanded the caretaker government of Sindh not to stop the ongoing development projects in the province.
He said that it is unfair to close the projects running under the approved budget of the Sindh Assembly, and the majority of these projects are infrastructure restoration projects in flood-affected areas. In my own constituency, a drainage project has been stalled, causing much anger among the locals there. Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the Pakistan People’s Party will sweep the upcoming general elections. He said that in the past also on the occasion of every election, alliances have been formed against the Pakistan People’s Party, but they have proved unsuccessful. He criticized the sudden increase in electricity rates across the country and asked the government to tell the people why their electricity bills have increased.
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