‘We aren't living on planet isolated from world’; Fawad links petrol price hike to int’l oil rates

Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain Sunday said that economic difficulties are temporary as industry, agriculture and construction sectors are making historic profits.

On his official twitter handle, the federal minister wrote, “Nation! we will face difficulties together”.

He urged the private sector to increase the salaries of their workers to help mitigate effects of inflation.

Regarding propaganda about oil prices, he said we are not living on a planet isolated from the world, if oil and gas prices go up in the rest of the world, prices in Pakistan will also rise.

“The entire country cannot be run on subsidies,” he said.

ایک قوم کی طرح مل کر مشکلات کا سامنا کریں گے، معاشی مشکلات عارضی ہیں انڈسٹری ، زراعت اور تعمیرات کے شعبے تاریخی منافع کما رہے ہیں تنخواہ دار طبقے کی مشکلات ہیں پرائیویٹ سیکٹر اپنے ورکرز کی تنخواہوں میں اضافہ کرے آمدنی اور روزگار میں اضافہ مہنگائ کا توڑ ہے۔

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 17, 2021