On Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif defended the petrol price hike, saying that the government was “left with no choice” because of “those who struck the worst ever deal” with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). “Govt is left with no choice but to raise the prices due to IMF deal that PTI govt signed,” he said, promising that he would take nation into confidence on the specifics of PTI-IMF deal soon.
