LAHORE – Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Rizvi on Monday announced a nationwide shutter-down strike on February 27 against an increase in the prices of petroleum products.
Last week, the TLP gave a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to withdraw the increase in the prices of petroleum products that was made on the directions of the IMF.
Saad Rizvi has appealed to people to support the TLP’s call to get rid of the crisis and save the future.
In a video message, Saad Rizvi and his deputy Pir Syed Zaheer-ul-Hassan said they had given a deadline to the government to undo its decision, but the government did not listen. They said that TLP would observe a complete shutter down strike across the country and urged people to record their protest against the cruel inflation and increase in petroleum products’ prices.
Earlier on February 16, the government increased the price of petrol by Rs22.20 per litre in an attempt to unlock the $1.1 billion IMF loan installment.
As per the notification issued by the Finance Division, the price of petrol was increased to Rs272.00 per litre from Rs249.80 per litre.
Moreover, the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) was raised by Rs17.20 per litre to Rs280.00, the price of kerosene oil by Rs12.30 to Rs202.73 per litre and the price of light diesel by Rs9.68 to Rs196.68 per litre.
