Pakistan PM criticised for 2-fold hike in state television ...

A view of Islamabad. presently, the whole amount collected via a licence price of Rs35 per connection is round Rs10 billion. graphic credit: offered

Islamabad: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government's resolution of a greater than two-fold increase in the state-run television's month-to-month licence fee has now not long gone neatly with the general public and that they have strongly objected to it, asserting it's an unjust and unfair act with the aid of the executive.

at the moment, the overall quantity accrued via a licence price of Rs35 per connection is round Rs10 billion (Dh219.269 million). as soon as the new tariff comes into impact, this determine will attain Rs22 billion (Dh482.392 million).

remaining Friday, the federal executive received the approval of the cabinet contributors to carry the monthly licence charge from Rs35 to Rs100.

satirically, major Minister Imran Khan himself had been particularly critical of even the Rs35 licence price amassed beneath the erstwhile Nawaz Sharif executive. Imran had, in fact, termed it as "robbery". 
Outraged through the "arbitrary" boost in costs by using the executive, netizens have expressed their disapproval on social media.

Imran's volte-face

Shama Junejo expressed her anger by means of posting a combo of video clips on her twitter handle that confirmed Imran's speeches throughout the 2014 take a seat-in, when he harshly criticised the then govt of best minister Nawaz Sharif for gathering a monthly licence payment of Rs35.

within the video clips, Imran may also be viewed telling the individuals on the sit-in that the [Nawaz Sharif] govt changed into committing a theft through amassing around Rs10 billion via electrical energy expenses. "A nation that has the focus and sense of right and wrong cannot accept this," Khan had extra talked about.

He had shamed the PTV managing director and asked where did the money go that had been amassed from the negative via utility bills? He had even threatened to take the count number to court docket.

In her put up, Junejo asks Imran: "Now, you reply the place [is] this volume after greater than two-time enhance goes." (https://twitter.com/ShamaJunejo/reputation/1284800650690400257)

particular assistant justifies govt move

special Assistant to top Minister on Political conversation, Dr Shahbaz Gill, while responding to a query concerning the U-turn by using Imran on the PTV licence payment hike difficulty, talked about the leading minister had criticised the former executive for now not disclosing the place the funds went, but this executive will make sure that the money is spent in a clear manner to be sure the welfare of the personnel and harbour skilled excellence at the state-run television channel. anyway, he mentioned, presently four,600 employees were working with PTV, while 3,500 were pensioners.

during the past, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government had employed seven-hundred new people and the Pakistan americans's party had employed 1,300 without due to the fact that whether it may burden the countrywide exchequer. so as to pay their salaries and pensions, too, we had to enhance the licence price, he reasoned.