{"id":47326,"date":"2026-04-12T00:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47326"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:04:28","slug":"jui-f-urges-govt-to-decrease-pol-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=47326","title":{"rendered":"JUI-F urges govt to decrease POL prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The JUI-F has criticised the recent reduction in petroleum prices, calling it insufficient and &#8220;too little to make any real difference&#8221;. It has also urged the government to prioritize public welfare when making economic decisions.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Saturday, party spokesperson Aslam Ghauri said such decisions are inevitable when rulers think like traders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government cites global market trends when increasing prices but refers to IMF constraints when reducing them. Such policies are unacceptable to the nation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a war in the Gulf that coincided with the closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the government announced a phenomenal rise in fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the ceasefire announcement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a Rs135 per litre reduction in the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) but only a Rs12 per litre decrease in the price of petrol, which is used in private vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Ghauri also announced that the party will hold a major public rally in Mardan today (Sunday). According to spokesperson Ghauri, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the gathering to express their sentiments against government policies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman will address the conference, along with other central and provincial leaders,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The JUI-F has criticised the recent reduction in petroleum prices, calling it insufficient and &#8220;too little to make any real difference&#8221;. It has also urged the government to prioritize public welfare when making economic decisions. In a statement issued on Saturday, party spokesperson Aslam Ghauri said such decisions are inevitable when rulers think like traders. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}