Awam Pakistan (AP) Secretary General Miftah Ismail urged on Tuesday to slash its expenses.
The former finance minister expressed his thoughts, asking the government to provide relief in the power bills. "It is not necessary to increase the expenses by Rs1400 billion from Rs700 billion for the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP)," he added.
Ismail maintained: "The salaried and middle-class segments of society have nothing to do with the inflated power bills. Why do they [people] have to bear the brunt of the subsidy of other individuals?"
– New political party –
Few days back on Saturday, former PML-N leaders Miftah Ismail and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi formally launched a new party called 'Awaam Pakistan', declaring it "open for all" to join.
The leaders had long discussed the possibility of creating a new political entity to help the country overcome its perennial crises.
Awaam Pakistan appeared on the political horizon last month after a video posted on the X account of the party was shared with the tagline 'Awaam Pakistan Badlaingey Nizaam'.
Both Ismail and Abbasi shared the video, which featured a series of despondent citizens asking questions about multiple national issues. The party was officially launched on Saturday.
