Should gas be subsidised or not in Pakistan?

[Major]

For those of you who did not know, in the past the normal.gas bill would be between 1000-3000 ruppees only. This was for the whole month.

During this time the gas was being subsidized.

Recently PTI govt have stopped the subsidy, thus now Gas bills were ranging from 20-40 k

With the recent inflation, do you think it was justified to stop the gas subsidy.

Remember, for a poor family, a shift from 3k to 30k is major.

The minimum wage here is at 16k

 

[KingKhanWC]

No it's not.

This is where Imran Khan's PTI government lacks understanding of how to run a country. Sure you have to sort out your finances but to do it at the expense of the people esp in a poor country is not taking the country forward.

Its was the same here in the UK where the bankers loot and the ordinary people suffered. Things changed because the people rightly pointed out it's not their fault the economy is in a mess and shouldn't suffer as result.

 

[Pakistanian]

They gon be voted out if they do this.

 

[ExpressPacer]

For those of you who did not know, in the past the normal.gas bill would be between 1000-3000 ruppees only. This was for the whole month.

During this time the gas was being subsidized.

Recently PTI govt have stopped the subsidy, thus now Gas bills were ranging from 20-40 k

With the recent inflation, do you think it was justified to stop the gas subsidy.

Remember, for a poor family, a shift from 3k to 30k is major.

The minimum wage here is at 16k

Stupid move by IK.

 

[Itachi]

To be honest, when financial condition is this bad, you have to cut the subsidies. India also did it.

 

[MenInG]

Subsidies are form of extortion by the voters - "give us free this or that or we wont vote for you!" - as with all extortionists, the price keeps on going up!