ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Friday said the government was providing subsidy on food items which would be expanded further to provide relief to the masses.<\/p>\n
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Musadik Malik said the government had taken effective measures to curb the trade deficit and imposed ban on the import of luxury items.<\/p>\n
He said the government would provide Rs2,000 subsidy to the households earning less than Rs40,000 a month<\/p>\n
The minister said Imran Khan gave subsidy to the masses before end of his government and that too without taking an approval from any forum in this regard.<\/p>\n
He said the masses would pay the subsidy\u2019s price in the form of expensive petrol.<\/p>\n
He alleged that Imran Khan had struck the deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase levies and prices.<\/p>\n
The Pakistan Muslim League-N leader said Imran Khan steered the country towards default.<\/p>\n
He said the incumbent government had decided not to boost the prices without giving relief to the poor.<\/p>\n
He said the previous government spread the economic destruction in the country. \u201cImran Khan says, \u2018let\u2019s end the game, if I cannot play it\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The state minister said the previous government had given a subsidy of Rs700 to Rs800 on petrol for three months.<\/p>\n