Islamabad: Pakistan’s opposition parties accused the Imran Khan-led-Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government of increasing prices of life-saving medicines once again amid the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sherry Rehman criticised the PTI government for increasing prices of life-saving medicines once again and said “Instead of providing relief in times of extreme inflation and high unemployment, the PTI government has hiked the prices of essential medicine by a whopping 150pc. This is the 10th increase in medicine prices since 2018”.
PPP Senator further said that while other countries are making life-saving drugs free, the PTI government is busy playing politics during a national health crisis, reported The Dawn.
“Let’s not forget, last year Drap hiked the prices of 253 life-saving drugs by a massive 25 per cent to 35 per cent. It is alarming that there is no price regulating mechanism for medicines under this PTI government,” she added.