Electricity and gas prices will not rise further, PM announces

Electricity and gas prices will not rise further, PM announces

Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the prices of electricity and gas will not be raised in the country but will try to reduce them.In addressing the function of the Emotion Sponsorship Program in the tribal area of ​​Mohmand, he first thanked the people of the area.

He said that our 80 lakh Kashmiri brothers, sisters, children and elders have been locked up in the houses by the Indian Army for almost 7 months. Stand upPrime Minister Imran Khan said that we pray that Allah will give you patience and liberate Kashmiris from this atrocity in this difficult time

Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced that the prices of electricity and gas will not be raised in the country but will try to reduce them.

In addressing the function of the Emotion Sponsorship Program in the tribal area of ​​Mohmand, he first thanked the people of the area.

He said that our 80 lakh Kashmiri brothers, sisters, children and elders have been locked up in the houses by the Indian Army for almost 7 months. Stand up

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that we pray that Allah will give you patience and liberate Kashmiris from this atrocity in this difficult time.

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He also mentioned about 20 million Muslims in India and said that recently in Delhi, RSS thugs along with the police were oppressing Muslims and the whole world saw how the police oppressed poor Muslims. , Which we strongly condemn.

Imran Khan said that the ideology of extremist RSS is against everyone, it is against Christians, Sikhs and Dalits, but this system of oppression will end Allah.

During the address, he said that when the tribal areas merged in Pakhtunkhwa and the elections were held, no one thought that there would be elections.

'Now we have the opportunity to bring progress and upliftment in your area and it is not my political speech but my religious duty, wherever our people are left behind in Pakistan, whether it is Balochistan, Rajanpur and other areas,' he said. The first is to raise them.

Moving forward, he said that China is going up fast today, 30 years ago no one would have imagined this, but in those 30 years he expelled 70 million people from poverty and brought the state's income to the lower classes. Decided to spend it to lift up.

He said that Allah will raise the nation in which the humanity and justice will be in the world.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan, which has been blessed with the blessings of Allah, has 12 seasons in the country, besides various minerals including gold.Referring to the area of ​​Mohmand, he said that there is a good olive area in this area and for this we are going to plant olive gardens in the first phase.

At the same time, he said, 'We are launching our Emotion Program across the tribal areas and start by giving Rs 2,000 a month to the poorest of the poor through a sponsorship program.'

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that about 2500 youths from the tribal areas have applied for the scholarship and we will give them this scholarship first, besides providing water for drinking water from the Mohmand Dam.

Speaking about opening a border with Afghanistan during his address, he said that my heart was praying that Allah created peace in Afghanistan, the people have been punished for 40 years, a war is over. So the second begins, when the Russians go to America, the Americans come and there is a war among themselves.

'Peace in Afghanistan will benefit us and I will try to open the border as soon as possible so that people can benefit from trade,' he said.

Talking about technology, he said that the youth of 3G and 4G Mohmand have the right, nowadays they are getting education at home through mobile and it is the responsibility of Saeed Saeed that they are 3 and 4 in these areas. We will bring the service.

Regarding electricity and gas issues, the Prime Minister said that why is there a problem with these two things in Pakistan today, why electricity and gas are expensive? You guys have to understand.Going forward, he said that when our government came, it was found out that the previous government had signed 20- to 30-year contracts with the power companies and all these agreements were before our government. That we cannot sell to people at the price at which electricity is being made, because it is becoming too expensive.

Imran Khan said that the cost of electricity is expensive, what we are getting is less and the difference between it becomes a circular loan, when our government came, there were historical circulation loans and loans have to grow. The reason we had to raise prices was because we didn't have the money to lend.

He said that now when the price increases, the burden on the people increases, but we did not increase the price for the lower classes, but increased the prices for those who used more electricity, however it did. The cost at which we were supplying electricity to industries could not compete with India and Bangladesh because electricity is cheap and expensive here.

'If we subsidize the industries now, the deficit increases and we cannot raise the deficit further because we are stuck in debt trap,' he said.

However, Imran Khan said that now I have decided that we will not raise electricity prices anymore because people can no longer afford the burden, so now I have decided we have to do everything and somehow. Like how to lower prices, talk to the power makers to lower the prices because we either have to run the country or give you money.

He said that we have decided to take every step to reduce the power which is expensive, stop wasting waste and wasting power because we no longer allow it to put more burden on our people and industries.

On the issue of gas, he said that the previous government signed a 15-year gas contract and is selling gas at 30% of the price at which it was contracted, but we cannot buy it because of the deal.

'These things are expensive because there are contracts before we arrive, gas is being bought more expensive but now we have decided that no matter what happens, we should not increase the price of gas and electricity, but rather try to reduce it,' he said. Have.

'To reduce circular debt, we raised electricity prices and put a burden on the people while we could not supply cheap electricity to the industries,' he said.

However, he said, 'Now we have decided not to raise electricity prices, but in some way it has to do so that the electricity prices are low. Besides, all kinds of waste will be spent and the power will be wasted.' Will not put more burdens on our industries and people.

At the end of his address, he said that no country can ever grow as long as its rulers are corrupt, no country is poor due to lack of resources, but it is poor when its ruler steals money from the country. Take it out.

Imran Khan said never to vote for a party whose leaders have big palaces outside the country as you have seen the whole family sitting outside.

He said that when a man does not steal, he does not have to flee to London.

Continuing the talk, he said that God has given everything to Pakistan, there are blessings and everything is there but only the country could not move forward because the people who sat here corrupted its system.

Calling 2019 the most difficult time, inshallah said that now would be a good time, we have overcome inflation and will punish all those who have made money by storing it.

Earlier addressing the ceremony, Dr Sanya Nishtar, Assistant Prime Minister for Social Security and Poverty Alleviation, said that a monthly allowance of Rs.

He said the program is being launched in 4 districts and will be extended to the whole province after completion of survey of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Dr Sanya Nishtar said Mohmand's population is one and a half million, out of which only 17,000 people were given benefits under the Social Protection Program, but this is the first government that has expressed its commitment to spread throughout the province.

He said that for the first time, the government of Pakistan has designed a system for the veiled women so that the veiled women can earn money by going to the banks' ATMs..