Countrywide protest drive against inflation as a “storm in a teacup”: Asad Umar

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Saturday termed the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) — an alliance of the country's major Opposition parties — countrywide protest drive against inflation as a “storm in a teacup”. Addressing a press conference at Pakistan’s embassy in the United States, Asad Umar said prices of food and other items had increased not only in Pakistan but other countries as well. Reacting to the remarks by various Opposition leaders on sending the government home, the PTI leader said that this was the…

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