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Summary Political parties rebuffing the increase in the prices of petroleum products in the National Assembly have demanded to reverse the decision. MPs of PML-N, PML-Q and MQM staged walk-out over price hike in POL prices.
MQM’s Haider Abbas Rizvi said that POL prices were increased without the consultation with the parliamentary committee. He said that MQM will chalk out its future strategy if the decision is not reversed within three days. ANP’s Nushra Gohar said that the decision should be taken in the meeting of the parliamentary committee.PML-N’s Sheikh Aftab and Saad Rafique said that rise in POL prices has broken the backbone of the poor. PPP’s Nadeem Afzal supported the hike in POL prices and said that all the parties backed this decision.
