64pc Pakistanis demand immediate polls in country, reveals Ipsos survey

ISLAMABAD: 64 percent of Pakistanis have opined in favour of immediate polls whereas 6 in 10 people have rejected the arguments made by the PML-N coalition government to justify petrol price’s hike.

This was revealed in an opinion survey conducted by renowned research institute ‘Ipsos’.

During the survey, people were asked whether the Shehbaz Sharif-led federal government should complete its full term or should announce mid-term elections

To which, 64 percent of Pakistanis were in favour of immediate elections.

Meanwhile, 59 percent of the Pakistanis were of the opinion that increasing POL products’ prices at this point in time will further aggravate the problems of ordinary people.

A day earlier, The PML-N-led government once again ruthlessly made a Rs30 massive increase in prices of Petrol and diesel, raising the rates to Rs 209:86 and Rs204:15 respectively.

This petrol atom bomb has been dropped on already inflation-affected masses of Pakistan by Finance Minister Miftah Islmail, who used to harshly and unreasonably criticize the PTI government on every increase in POL products’ rates.

After the hike, the price of petrol will be at Rs209.86, diesel at Rs204.15, and kerosene oil at Rs181.56

During the last eight days before, this so-called experienced government had massively increased petrol, diesel and other POL products’ prices by Rs 30, which was the biggest increase in the history of Pakistan.

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In spite of big claims, the coalition government has utterly failed to manage to bring down the prices of essential commodities but raised prices of POL products’ rates and electricity.