Protests Against Inflation.

Responding to the call of their leader, supporters and workers of the PTI on Sunday began to pour into the streets of major cities across the country to protest against the searing inflation. As expected, the PTI leadership is exploiting the miseries of the coalition government as it attempts to manage the worsening economic crisis in the country.

While addressing his supporters virtually, former PM and PTI Chairman Imran Khan warned that the country's economic and political situation will 'deteriorate further' if early elections were not held. Seeking to fearmonger and convince his supporters to continue showing up to protests in order to maintain pressure on the government, he stated that he will give a call for the next long march soon and that if free and fair elections are not held soon, further chaos will spread. This state of the economy of course has little to do with when elections will be held, and the inflationary pressures facing Pakistan will continue to mount even if elections are held tomorrow.

Unsurprisingly, Imran Khan also criticised the government for withdrawing subsidies on petroleum products, arguing that his government had resisted the IMF's demand to increase the prices. This is of course a disingenuous argument-and the former PM knows this too-considering how the prices had to be increased and the PTI planted this landmine for the incoming coalition. This is the continuation of the trend where economic decisions are...