Day not far for massive street protests against PTI: Bilawal.

Byline: Waseem Shamsi

SUKKUR -- Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan made tall claims before coming to power but failed to deliver on those promises, plunging the country's economy into crisis.

The PPP chairman was addressing a public meeting at Lake View Park in Kandhkot on Saturday.

He said the prime minister during his election campaign had claimed that he would rather die than seek foreign loans. Now, said Mr Bhutto-Zardari, the country was on mortgage under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan.

He said that Imran Khan should feel ashamed, as a large number of people had been made unemployed in his government, leading to many committing suicide on a daily basis.

PPP leader says Imran has failed to fulfil the promises made during electioneering

The PPP chairman regretted that the nation was facing severe problems due to inflation, including hefty electricity and gas bills, educational expenses, and medicines. He warned that the day was not far when frustrated people of the country would take to the street to protest against the prime minister and his government.

He said that people were questioning promises of the PTI government to provide 10 million jobs, five million houses, health cards and loans on easy terms and conditions. Their speeches were limited to TV only and reality was very different on the ground, said Mr Bhutto-Zardari.

He said that under the rule of the PTI government, doctors, engineers, traders, industrialists...

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