Call to reduce electricity, petrol prices.

RAWALPINDI -- The residentsof the garrison city, especially salaried and working class, have asked the government to reduce electricity tariffs and petroleum prices as these were further adding to their economic burden in the wake of the rising inflation.

Though people had pinned high hopes on the PML-N-led coalition government to mitigate price hike, unemployment, end energy crisis, the government has so far failed to come up to their expectations and provided no relief to the masses in the budget for the next fiscal year.

The surge in prices of petroleum prices created problems for the working class. After the increase in diesel and petrol prices, daily use items have further become dearer.

'The Shehbaz Sharif-led government provided relief to the lower class but did nothing for the middle class. People find difficulties to pay fee of their children, transport charges, electricity bills and others,' said Mohammad Mehmood, a resident of Westridge-III.

He said he belonged to the middle class and was unable to purchase cooking oil, sugar and pulses from utility stores as the relief was given only to those whose salary was less than Rs30,000 per month. 'My salary is over Rs50,000 but it is difficult for me to pay the university fee of my two children and their transport charges,' he said.

The government failed to deliver despite the passage of two months. There is no difference between the PTI government and the PML-N-led coalition government as...