PTI to launch nationwide protests against runaway inflation.

ISLAMABAD -- Renewing the demand for early elections, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday said his party would spearhead an aggressive protest drive against runaway inflation as the country's economic managers have "completely failed" at doing their job.

'The party has decided to give a call to its local cells to stage demonstrations against rising prices due to the country's current economic situation,' Chaudhry said while talking to the media after a meeting of the PTI's core committee.

He was flanked by Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Rashid.

'If the government continues to drag its feet on the elections, then we will wait for a final call in these two weeks as consultation continues. We think workers should await a final call in September,' the PTI leader said.

Chaudhry said the PTI's core committee was "deeply upset" with a sudden spike in street crimes in major cities, adding that these incidents had touched an unprecedented level.

'A large number of factories have shut down, while joblessness has skyrocketed in...

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