Lawmakers lambaste govt over petrol price hike in NA session.

ISLAMABAD -- The country's lawmakers heavily criticised the government on Saturday over a recent hike in petrol prices, among other national issues, during a session of the National Assembly.

A day earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved a recommendation to hike up the prices of petroleum products, after which petrol prices rose by Rs25.58 per litre.

In today's session of the Lower House of the parliament, PML-N MNA Khurram Dastgir said that in the history of the country, petrol prices were never increased by 34%.

'The government is becoming a facilitator of mafias,' he criticized, saying that he can sense that the government benches are in a state of 'fear'.

Describing other national issues, the PML-N lawmaker said that the culprits of the Sahiwal incident, where members of a...