Parliamentarians lambaste govt over petrol price hike.

ISLAMABAD -- Parliamentarians have lambasted the government over petrol price hike in during the session of national assembly.

A session of the National Assembly was held on Saturday, where the opposition lawmakers criticized the government over recent national issues.

The country's lawmakers heavily criticized the government over a recent hike in petrol prices, among other national issues, during the 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 Saturday'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 family were killed in cold blood, did not receive any punishment.

Speaking on the issue of the sugar crisis, he said that the Federal Investigation Agency said that the prices of sugar rose after permission for exports was granted.

FIA should investigate 'mafia' behind petrol crisis

PPP lawmaker Abdul Qadir Patel addressed the House, saying that the FIA should probe who hoarded up petrol reserves, which exacerbated the national fuel crisis.

'The FIA should investigate who is behind this mafia and who is getting a cut out of it,' he said.

Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub addressed the NA, saying that the government will mirror the trend in the global oil market.

He said that the previous governments were the...