QWP criticises increase in petroleum products.

PESHAWAR -- Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao on Saturday criticised the government for raising the prices of the petroleum products, saying the rulers were acting on the diktats of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Speaking at a press conference in Charsadda district, he said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government did not have the ability to run the country.

On the occasion, Pakistan People's Party local leader Mian Farooq Shah announced joining the QWP along his family members and supporters. He reposed confidence in the QWP leadership and vowed to work for strengthening the party at the grassroots level.

Aftab Sherpao said the activists of his party would actively participate in the protest demonstration outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on January 19.

He maintained that the struggle launched under the banner of the Pakistan Democratic Movement would continue until the ouster of the rulers from power.

He said the PTI government could not honour a single pledge made to the people, who have been exposed to a host of problems. 'This government has compounded the issues of the have-nots,' he believed.

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