PML-N calls for decrease in fuel, electricity prices

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has called for a decrease in fuel and electricity prices amid the dramatic drop in international oil prices.

Talking to journalists today (Tuesday), Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that the people of Pakistan should be provided relief in the energy sector as a result of the drop in international oil prices. 

He said. “The price of electricity can be reduced by one-third, if not by half.” Senior PML-N leaders standing alongside Abbasi also called for a 50 percent decrease in oil prices in the country.

Commenting on the sugar crisis in the country, Shahid Khaqan said, “NAB should take notice of the sugar crisis in the country.”

He further said, “PML-N has no trust in NAB or the government. The true purpose of the NAB inquiry is to save the facilitators of the corrupt.”

“Prime Minister Imran Khan and the Punjab chief minister are the facilitators of corruption in this regard,” he alleged. 

The PML-N leader also said, “We are also writing to the commission probing the sugar crisis. We want to appear before the commission.” 

Earlier today (Tuesday), US crude prices bounced back into positive territory, a day after crashing below $0.00 for the first time owing to crippled demand and a storage glut, while the commodity rout sent Asian equities sharply lower.