Convener of Awam Pakistan Party and former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi have criticized the government’s decisions and questioned the recent decision to connect road development in Balochistan to oil savings.

“If there are no savings from oil, does that mean that roads in Balochistan are not being built?” He asked.

By tackling a press conference in the federal capital, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi strongly criticized the government over two major national questions: the elaborate crisis facing by farmers and the lack of relief on petroleum products to the public.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi declared that farmers throughout Pakistan are currently maintaining serious difficulties and protesting nationwide, yet their complaints are being dealt with.

“Farmers grow wheat, which becomes the country’s flour. If the farmer is in need, everyone will be affected,” he said.

He pointed out that farmers were also faced with difficulties in 2023, and by 2024 the government announced that it would not buy wheat for RS4,000 per year. 40 kg. As a result, farmers were forced to sell at different prices – some at RS2.200 and others for RS2,400 per year. 40 kg.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi added that farmers with a steep increase in prices of urea and electricity are forced to sell wheat to RS2,100 per year. 40 kg – despite their production costs being much higher.

“When the farmer prices, the country connects. But today farmers invest their assets and still can’t make money.”

He warned that if the situation continues, Pakistan may need to import wheat next year. He demanded that if local markets are not favorable to farmers, they should at least be allowed to export their wheat.

“Today it costs a farmer RS3,000 to produce a 40kg bag of wheat, but still they are forced to sell it to RS2.100. Offers do not do farmers for a few votes,” Abbasi said. “If their income does not grow, other sectors such as tractors and motorcycles will also be affected.”

He also criticized the Punjab government’s incentive scheme and said it is only good while the majority of farmers remain robbed.

He urged the government to set a fair wheat support award that benefits both the public and the agricultural community.

In the second half of the press conference, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi strongly criticized the government for not reducing petroleum products. He noted that global oil prices have fallen several times, yet the government has failed to pass on these savings to the public.

“There was room for an RS10 reduction in old billing calculations, but people still received no relief,” he said.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi questioned why fuel prices are transferred to consumers as international markets rise, but not when they fall.

“We hear that profits from oil will be used to build roads in Balochistan – but if there are no savings, Balochistan will not get roads?” He asked.

He concluded by saying that national progress comes from positive government decisions, but this administration has again missed an opportunity to relieve relief to the public.

Earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that instead of transferring reduced oil prices in the international market to consumers, the government would spend the hidden money for the rebuilding of the N-25 Highway and completion of phase-II in the Kachhi Canal Project in Balochistan.

The Prime Minister published the announcement, while he was chairman of the federal cabinet meeting, where he declared the transformation of N-25, known notorious as the “deadly road”, to a motorway standard highway.