Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing the nation in Islamabad on 27 May 2022

Stick & carrot: PM justifies fuel price hike, unveils Rs28bn targeted subsidies

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: A day after giving the stick of a fuel price hike, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday dangled the carrot of a Rs28 billion/month inflation allowance before the nation’s poor, justifying the move as inevitable.

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Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, PDM President and JUI chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman, MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and BNP-M chief Akhtar Mengal addressing a press conference on March 30. Photo courtesy APP

PDM jittery, PM cool over Khan’s looming sit in

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling coalition is huddling together yet again Monday – this time to deliberate ways and means to counter the political onslaught of Imran Khan, the prime minister they ousted from power.

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