Passing oil prices impact unavoidable to avert further debt burden: PM.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government was compelled to pass on the impact of oil prices in international market to consumers for averting further debt burden on the country.

The prime minister, in a talk with a private television channel (ARY) during his visit of North Waziristan on Wednesday which was aired on Friday night, said the country could not afford taking further loans to keep the oil prices at minimum benchmark.

He said the devaluation of rupee impacted the prices of petroleum products, pulses, ghee and other imported items raising the inflation rate. He said the dollar value had surged...